WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Diesel Technology Forum issued the following statement regarding a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) estimating health outcomes from transportation sources of emissions in urban areas around the globe. From Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first attempt last month to artificially make rain to fight air pollution ended in failure, government officials said Wednesday. In the experiment conducted over the Yellow Sea on Jan. 25, an aircraft was sent to seed clouds with silver iodide, a compound believed to cause rainfall, as [...]
CHANGWON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A man in his 40s who secretly transferred to China the floor plans of a facility that helps reduce air pollution owned by a Korean company has been arrested. The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency’s international crime investigation division said yesterday that it had arrested a 42-year-old man who was [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service revealed today that it was planning to create 10 “wind path” forests near cities and a 60-hectare forest aimed at blocking the spread of fine dust. The measure is expected to not only reduce fine dust levels but also reduce the likelihood of heat waves. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “Fine dust has changed the lifestyle of Koreans completely,” claims an analytical report based on big data released by Innocean Worldwide, an advertising agency. The report states that worsening air pollution has changed all six categories closely related to people’s lives: clothing, food, home, car, leisure, and beauty. The [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Air pollution was the No. 1 source of concern for South Koreans last year amid a worsening level of fine dust in the country, a report showed Monday. Air pollution scored 3.46 points out of 5 — the highest in the survey — among factors that cause concern to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Byung-min, a 33-year-old office worker living in Geumho in center-east Seoul, starts his day with a morning ritual that he admits has become somewhat obsessive but unavoidable. He turns on the palm-sized monitor placed against the window to check the day’s fine dust level. He checks air quality [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry’s ‘no-driving day’ policy to fight fine dust in the country is drawing mixed reviews. The Ministry of Environment announced on Wednesday that it is considering the idea of introducing a nationwide alternate no-driving day, and even making it mandatory, which means cars that drive on the wrong [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The air quality of the Olympic host of PyeongChang and its neighboring areas will be under special watches until after the Winter Olympics are over, a national environment research organ said Monday. The Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held from Feb. 9-25 and March 9-18, respectively, in PyeongChang [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The rapidly approaching cold season has seen both consumers and companies bracing for the spell of bad air that plagues the Korean peninsula through the winter and spring. Though elevated levels of air pollution have become a year-round inconvenience for South Koreans, the problem becomes severe particularly in the [...]