SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s municipal government said Saturday it has translated its guidelines on separate disposal of food waste into 10 foreign languages for distribution to foreigners living in the capital. The 10 languages are English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian, Mongolian, French, Malay, Hindi and Thai. The government said the move comes [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Little terns, an endangered bird species frequenting Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, are dwindling in population due to indiscreet actions by local mountain bikers and photographers. Last Thursday, two tern chicks were found on the coast of Pohang, recently hatched from eggs. A pair of female and male terns were [...]
JEJU, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Black corals, a legally protected species living off the coast of Jeju Island, are drastically plunging in population due to sea anemones. Black coral, also known as the red pine tree of the sea, is an endangered species protected by the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), Ministry of Environment, and [...]
DAEJEON, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Thursday that it has developed a phytoplankton that can break down PET bottles. Since creatures living in the water, such as fish and shellfish, tend to ingest microplastics, the issue of plastic being concentrated in living organisms has become a [...]
JEJU, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As part of a new initiative to eliminate flies at Jeju City livestock farms, natural predator insects will be distributed to farmers. The city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju said Tuesday that it will push for a pilot project to eliminate pests using a wasp known as [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s seasonal management system for air pollution has substantially contributed to reducing the volume of ultrafine dust particles in South Korea during this winter, the Ministry of Environment said Tuesday. The ministry said the contribution rate of the seasonal management system to the reduction of ultrafine dust pollution [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy plans to look into possible impact of radioactive contaminated water on its operations, officials said Tuesday, amid concerns over Japan’s planned release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. Japan has been preparing to release contaminated water from the power plant devastated [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, air pollutants emitted by large businesses across the country with tele-monitoring system (TMS) were reported to have decreased by 16 percent from the previous year. A survey of 631 TMS-equipped businesses nationwide on emissions of seven types of air pollutants last year showed a total of 277,696 [...]
DAEJEON, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A single hectare of bamboo forest (6,200 plants) can absorb 35.5 tons of carbon dioxide every year, a recent study has revealed. The National Institute of Forest Science (NiFoS) announced Wednesday that bamboo plants excel at absorbing carbon dioxide, even more so than Korean red pines (9.7 tons), sawtooth [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of domestic factors in Seoul’s ultrafine dust particles has increased over the past five years, while the ratio of China’s contribution to the local particulate pollution has been stagnant, a report showed Saturday. According to the report issued by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, homegrown pollutants were responsible [...]