SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has temporarily suspended the Kori-2 nuclear reactor for safety inspections and improvements required to extend its operations, its operator said Sunday. The No. 2 reactor at the Kori Nuclear Power Plant, located in Busan, 325 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was halted at 10 p.m. Saturday upon the [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been 12 years since the Fukushima disaster, and radioactive substances continue to be found in Japanese agricultural, fishery, and livestock products, civic groups claimed. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movements and the Korea Radiation Watch reported that 5.3 percent of 13,070 fishery products tested by Japan’s Ministry [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new system that will conduct sewage analysis to monitor the spread of infectious viruses like the coronavirus and determine the pandemic situation in the local community will take effect this month. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Thursday it will monitor various infectious pathogens including [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of a new global afforestation initiative. LG’s Indonesian branch partnered with Jakarta’s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) last year to plant trees in Jakarta and two other cities. As of late last month, the tech firm’s had planted some 19,000 trees. [...]
DAEGU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will designate 20 florist shops in the city as medical clinics for pet plants, offering assistance to those struggling with growing their plants. Anyone will be able to bring their plant to the nearest plant clinic to receive various medical services like [...]
CHANGWON, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province said Tuesday it will be adding 40 more hydrogen-powered inter-city and commuting buses to its fleet after being selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s pilot project to subsidize the replacement cost of fuel cell systems. The government plans [...]
POCHEON, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Arboretum in the city of Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, said Monday it had opened a new Lichen Garden in the arboretum’s temperate house. Lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae and fungi maintaining a mutualistic relationship. The garden introduces lichens that live in the [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — New guidelines have been set to prevent city workers from pruning street trees down to their trunks. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Biological Resources proposed that more than 75 percent of the tree branches should be kept intact when pruning street trees. Excessive pruning has [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of manure generated by livestock farms every year is estimated at more than 50 million tons, most of which is used as compost, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs conducted a complete enumeration survey on the current state of livestock [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of applications for the installation of standard electric vehicle (EV) chargers at apartment complexes and workplaces is increasing. Starting in January, the Ministry of Environment has been accepting applications for the installation of common use standard EV chargers directly from the owners and operators of apartments, workplaces [...]