SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Yellow sand was observed on an island off the western coast of South Korea early Friday, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. The meteorological phenomenon, which originated in northeastern China and Inner Mongolia the previous day, arrived at Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea and is expected to affect many [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are calling on emergency measures to save needleleaf trees in alpine regions, such as Mount Halla, as they are dying off in massive numbers due to climate change. Green Korea, a South Korean environmental organization, said as up to 90 percent of the needleleaf trees growing on Mount [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Poor air quality caused more than 17,000 deaths in South Korea in 2017, more than 90 percent of which resulted from the onslaught of harmful PM2.5 particles, a study released by a U.S. civic group showed Thursday. The “State of Global Air 2019″ report, published by the Health Effects [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental activists on Thursday called for the government to scrap a plan to open to the public three hiking trails leading to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas starting late this month, arguing the plan could wreak havoc on the ecological system around the buffer zone. The [...]
INCHEON, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) will deliver air purification plants to 1,568 classrooms at local elementary schools by making use of food waste water. The SLC announced on Wednesday that it will hold a “Save our Seasons” campaign to deliver air purification plants to local elementary schools [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The massive wildfire that burned across a mountain in the southern port city of Busan was completely contained after destroying an extensive amount of forest, with no casualties reported, firefighters and police said Wednesday. The Busan firefighting service said it put out the flames on Mount Unbong near the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Monday, all malls, department stores, and shopping malls in South Korea have been banned from using disposable plastic bags. Kim, a resident of Seoul’s Mapo District, was shopping for noodles and bananas at a nearby mall before being stopped by an employee when she went to pay for [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A common wood pigeon passed the winter on a Japanese island after inhabiting the South Korean island of Ulleung in the East Sea last summer, a state-run think tank said Tuesday. According to the National Institute of Ecology, affiliated with the environment ministry, its researchers discovered that the bird, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most South Koreans think that apartment complexes need vegetable gardens. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) released the results of a survey on Monday conducted from April to July last year. According to the survey of 586 adults aged 19 or older, 95.6 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The average concentration of PM2.5 harmful particles in the air reached the highest level in Seoul last month since it began to be observed in 2015, according to data released Monday by a state-run think tank. The National Institute of Environmental Research said the average concentration of PM2.5, particles [...]