SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — If greenhouse gas emissions remain the same as today, sea levels around the Korean peninsula will rise in the near future by more than 10 centimeters, a government report warned Wednesday. The report published by the Korea Meteorological Administration said if greenhouse gas emissions remain the same, sea levels [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries held a special ceremony along with the U.S. Embassy in Seoul to “adopt” Masian Beach in Incheon’s Yeongjongdo Island, 60 kilometers west of Seoul. The “adopt a beach” program brings participants to select a beach and take care of it as their own. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenhouse gas emitted during the production of face masks may reach up to 1,000 tons per day, a government report said Monday. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission conducted a survey of 1,215 people, who said they used one new face mask every 2.3 days on average. Supposing there are [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that starting on Monday, delivery companies will begin delivering food in multi-use containers. Consumers will now be able to select restaurants that provide multi-use containers for food deliveries from four different food delivery apps. Once the order is made, the food will be delivered [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy on Sunday wrapped up an annual operation to collect underwater waste near a northwestern border island as part of efforts to help protect the maritime ecosystem and ensure safer fishing activities, the armed service said. Using a 3,500-ton towing ship, the Navy gathered 13 tons of maritime [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju, South Korea’s southernmost island, is pushing to adopt an e-travel authorization system for foreigners from visa-free nations starting next month, officials said Friday. The plan to introduce the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) came after dozens of Thai tourists who recently entered Jeju broke away from tour groups, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Households with fewer members but occupying larger homes typically consume more water per capita, a study indicated Thursday. Seoul Waterworks Authority released the result of its analysis on the change in the use of tap water depending on the characteristics of households and residences. The study analyzed the amount [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Daejeon’s city government said Thursday that it had launched a surveillance system to analyze the sewage produced by households and factories as part of efforts to detect the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19 as early as possible. The analysis of virus detection and distribution through the inspection of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have discovered a new bacteria that can convert the nitrate responsible for the growth of green algae into ammonia at a sewage disposal facility. A research team from the National Institute of Biological Resources and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents in some districts of Seoul were dumbfounded by the unusually strong torrential rain this week, as a month’s worth of precipitation fell in just one day. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said a total of 422 mm of rain fell in Shindaebang-dong of the southern Seoul district of [...]