SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Koreans are in favor of suspending the operation of coal-fired power plants in order to reduce fine dust emissions, even if electricity prices go up. According to the presidential National Council on Climate and Air Quality and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s online survey [...]
YEONCHEON, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A tributary to the Imjin River near the inter-Korean border has been partly polluted with blood from carcasses of pigs that were killed and poorly handled during an operation to curb the spread of African swine fever (ASF). Around 47,000 pig carcasses were piled up on a truck at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Various opinions are pouring in over the expansion of the number of sidewalk trash cans in Seoul. Participants in a forum held at Seoul City Hall Wednesday shared the need for a mature sense of citizenship to resolve the trash can problem, but disagreed on whether to expand it [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom company KT Corp. said Saturday it has opened a rescue center on a famous trekking course in Nepal’s Himalayas to facilitate communication between mountaineers and rescue staff. KT said the new ICT rescue center was opened in the base camp on Machhapuchhre, a mountain 3,700 meters [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has announced plans to install sensors that collect fine dust information throughout the city. The city announced on Tuesday it will install 2,500 “S-DoT·Smart Seoul Data of Things” sensors that will collect noise, fine dust and ultraviolet information by 2022. To begin, the SMG [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ocean ministry said Monday it will gradually replace 140 government ships with those utilizing clean energy sources by 2030 to meet tighter regulations. “The project will help South Korea to reduce fine dust, greenhouse gas and air pollution, and contribute in developing technologies in the field of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As the mercury dropped to the lowest degree of the season, the first frost was spotted in Seoul and its surrounding area on Sunday, according to local forecasts. Seoul and Suwon, south of the capital, saw the first frost in the morning, while the daily low dipped to 4.7 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, located 220 kilometers east of the Korean Peninsula, constitute one of the few areas left in the country which has been barely disturbed by people. There are about 40 people residing on Dokdo, most being police stationed at the islets’ watch post. Around [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government finalized a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent from 2017 levels by 2030, the Ministry of Environment said Tuesday. As part of the efforts to cut down greenhouse gases blamed for global climate change, the government aims to increase the cumulative supply of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul and its adjacent metropolitan areas kicked off preliminary measures to reduce fine dust air pollution on Monday, the first such steps taken this autumn. A set of preliminary measures are being taken in the public sector to cut fine dust in a proactive manner when there is a [...]