GWANGJU, South Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that the provincial government of South Jeolla must share liability for the mass death of eels at aquaculture farms near a road construction site, marking a rare legal precedent in environmental damage cases tied to public infrastructure projects. The Gwangju District Court’s [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising ocean temperatures in the distant Southern Ocean could be fueling wetter summers across East Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, according to a new international climate study published in Nature Geoscience. Led by Dr. Sara Kang of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany and Dr. Hanjoon Kim of [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Park Service has named the sawtooth oak as the country’s most effective native tree for carbon absorption, ahead of Arbor Day this weekend. However, despite its environmental value, the tree’s practical applications remain surprisingly limited. According to data released Friday, the sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima) absorbs an [...]
DAEJEON, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10 percent of the world’s farmland could disappear if global temperatures rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a new study by South Korean and Chinese researchers, raising urgent concerns about future food security under current climate goals. The joint research, led by Professor Hae-Won Jeon of [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires in South Korea have nearly doubled compared to last year’s total, raising concerns about a potential feedback loop where climate change and wildfires accelerate each other’s impacts. According to Our World in Data, South Korean forest fires released 2,345,182 tons of carbon dioxide through March [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artists are making significant contributions to wildfire relief efforts as the country struggles to contain its worst wildfire disaster that has already claimed dozens of lives. BTS’ Jungkook donated 1 billion won (US$681,500) to aid wildfire disaster relief, according to the Korea Disaster Relief Association on Friday. The [...]
YEONGDEOK, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In a devastating blow to South Korea’s premier pine mushroom producing region, residents of Samhwa-2 village in Yeongdeok County, North Gyeongsang Province, are grappling with concerns about their fall harvest following a massive wildfire that swept through the area. “This village is the country’s largest pine mushroom production site, [...]
UISEONG, South Korea, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Firefighters on Friday raced to put out the main blazes in southeastern regions, helped by better visibility and cooler temperatures from overnight rain, as the nation is battling the worst wildlife disaster, which has claimed 28 lives so far. Fueled by strong winds and dry conditions, a [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has called for all countries to submit their action plans for reducing gas emissions to tackle climate change, highlighting the need to speed up the implementation of the shared international goal under the Paris Agreement. Chung Kee-yong, ambassador for climate change, made the call at the 16th [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With the Earth’s average temperature now 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels, climate change is no longer a distant threat but a force reshaping daily life in South Korea and around the world. Wildfires are becoming larger, more frequent, and less predictable. According to Korea’s National Forest Service, the [...]