SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s statistics agency said Tuesday it has launched the English service of the data platform on the country’s progress in achieving U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs data platform will help international users understand South Korea’s efforts to meet the SDGs on a real-time basis, and have [...]
SINAN, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sinan County in South Jeolla Province is stepping up to preserve its mudflats, which are inscribed as a UNESCO world natural heritage. A new project will begin where residents of Hanbal Village in Docho Island will replace synthetic detergents with eco-friendly microorganisms to raise the quality of a local [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Plogging is rising as a new trend among members of the “MZ generation,” a Korean term referring to millennials and Generation Z, to protect the environment. The term ‘plogging’ is a combination of the terms ‘jogging’ and ‘plocka upp,’ Swedish for picking up grain. It refers to the act [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of ten South Korean consumers take a company’s record on the environment into consideration when making purchasing decisions. KB Financial Group Inc., a major South Korean banking group, conducted a survey of 1,000 credit card users, 31.6 percent of whom said that their purchasing decisions were influenced [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry said Thursday it has forged agreements with water bottling companies across the country to supply label-free water products to local government offices and transportation service providers. The deals call on nationwide water companies to provide label-free water products to six metropolitan city government offices and 22 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An international environmental group gave a low score to the South Korean food industry’s efforts in dealing with plastic. The Seoul branch of Greenpeace published a report on Tuesday that analyzed the efforts of the country’s five major food companies — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ottogi [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has decided to release contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the open sea that is one kilometer away from the plant, Japanese media outlets reported Wednesday. The contaminated water contains tritium, a radioactive substance. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to increase the distribution of electric and hydrogen-powered taxis to 100,000 units by 2025. To this end, it intends to establish a collaborative venture with municipal governments and related industries. The Ministry of Environment on Tuesday formed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to two thirds of renewable energy companies in South Korea are skeptical about the government’s plan to raise the ratio of renewable energy supply to 20 percent of total power output by the year 2030. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — July’s average sea surface temperature in the waters between South Korea and Japan reached the highest level in 40 years, a think tank said Tuesday, calling for countermeasures against ocean subtropicalization. According to the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, the East Sea’s average sea surface temperature was [...]