SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Face masks that used to symbolize the pandemic era are now turning into a source of environmental harm. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) reported that each South Korean citizen used a new disposable mask every 2.3 days on average last year. More than 7.3 billion masks were [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Adonis flowers, known as a harbinger of spring, have come to a full, golden bloom in a snowy field. A forest located on the outskirts of Gangneung, Gangwon Province was covered with snow on Tuesday, from which a number of adonis flowers came into full bloom, awaiting the spring. Some of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The devastating earthquake that occurred in Turkey and Syria last week turned out to have impacted not only the South Korean landmass but also its underground water levels. A research team from the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources detected a change in the underground water levels at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s central district of Yongsan will launch a compensation program for those who pick up cigarette butts tossed on the street, officials said Thursday. Under this program, the Yongsan Ward office will issue compensation depending on the weight of the cigarette butts collected. The amount of compensation is set [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of the hydrogen fuel cell power generators established in the last three years are not currently in operation, data showed Monday. The Korea Energy Agency reported that among 384 fuel cell power generators built between 2019-2021, only 123 are currently in operation, a mere 32 percent of [...]
SUWON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Province Maritime & Fisheries Research Institute said Thursday it will set up and operate aquaponics fish farms, facilities that produce both fish and crops at the same time, in Gimpo and Icheon on a trial basis until next year. The aquaponics system has a clear strength in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The greenhouse gas emissions of South Korean large companies have increased by nearly 6 percent in recent years, going against the country’s carbon neutrality goal, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. The volume of greenhouse gases emitted by 50 big businesses in Asia’s fourth-largest economy reached 272.8 million tons in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The so-called “eco-wakening effect,” which refers to the rising interest in environmental issues, is spreading in South Korea, an analytics firm said Monday. Ars Praxia conducted an analysis upon request by the South Korean unit of the international non-governmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature, which showed that 108,324 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Financial benefits for residents, farmers and fishermen who have invested in the construction of solar power plants or wind farms are about to increase, the industry ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it will put up an administrative notice to amend several parts [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s environment-friendly vehicle registrations exceeded 1.5 million last year on growing awareness of environmental issues and economic efficiency, the transport ministry said Thursday. The number of eco-friendly car registrations increased to an accumulated 1.59 million at the end of 2022, accounting for 6.2 percent of the country’s total [...]