SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football club Jeju United and fans made football uniforms by recycling plastic, opening up a new era of eco-friendly practices in football. Last Sunday, members of the football club appeared in a blue uniform, instead of the official orange, at a match against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Many popular coffee shop franchises that sell tumblers and flasks are failing to sell replaceable parts, such as rubber gaskets. Most coffee shops offer discounts if a customer brings their own multi-use cup, as part of their efforts to reduce the use of paper, plastic and other disposable materials. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military said Tuesday it will open its first hydrogen charging station this week, helping accelerate the country’s drive to promote the use of renewable energy sources. The government has been proactive in efforts to boost the hydrogen economy under the goal of going carbon neutral by 2050. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea said Friday it will stop using disposable cups at all of its stores on South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju within this year in the latest move to protect the environment. Starbucks said it eliminated all single-use cups at four of its stores on Jeju [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly one third of the electric bus currently in use in South Korea were made in China. Rep. Bae Jun-young of the People Power Party submitted a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Customs Service that said that 28 percent (585) of the 2,122 [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The roots of bamboo plants, which are highly fertile and have a strong life force, expand by up to 11 meters (2.8 meters on average) on a yearly basis, a study showed showed Thursday. To identify the characteristics of the expansion of bamboo forests, the National Institute of Forest [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cumulative solar power capacity has more than quadrupled since President Moon Jae-in took office in 2017, a lawmaker said Wednesday. According to the data that Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the main opposition People Power Party received from the National Assembly Budget Office and the Ministry of Trade, [...]
SOKCHO, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The first snow of the season fell on a portion of Mount Seorak in the northeast of the country Tuesday, 15 days earlier than last year, park authorities said. Flakes began falling at about 10 a.m. around Jungcheong Shelter, 1,676 meters above sea level, according to the Seoraksan National [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The capacity utilization rate remains low for South Korea’s largest offshore wind farm, located in the coastal waters of Buan in North Jeolla Province, primarily due to low wind velocity. According to the data that Rep. Han Moo-kyung of the People Power Party received from the Korea Electric Power [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The first frost of the season was observed in Seoul on Monday as unseasonably cold weather continued for most parts of the country in the morning, the state weather agency said. Morning lows ranged from minus 4 C to 5 C across the country, compared with Sunday’s minus 2.6 [...]