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 [...]
Seoul, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to cut down on air pollution, the Ministry of Environment announced October 18 that revisions to the enforcement strictures of the Clean Air Conservation Act will be implemented. The revisions will require select categories of newly manufactured diesel vehicles starting at the beginning of next year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Environment ministers from South Korea, China and Japan on Friday agreed to disclose the upcoming result of a joint study on fine dust pollution which poses increasing health and environmental problems to the region. After a two-day meeting in Seoul, the officials issued a joint statement promising to step [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Blamed for air pollution and speculation of price hikes down the road has dampened demand for diesel-powered vehicles to a four-year low in the first half of this year, industry data showed Thursday. The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) said among new cars registered in January to May this [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A report that analyzed the major sources of air pollution was released yesterday by the Korea Institute of Public Finance. Despite the commonly held belief that diesel cars are the top producer of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the report refutes that notion. In fact, the data indicated that 47.91 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts warn that cooking meat indoors without ventilation could see levels of ultra-fine dust increase by as much as nine times their normal values. According to a research team of environmental conservation led by professor Kim Sung-ryeol at Soon Chun Hyang University, cooking meat without opening a window to ventilate [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has no plan to raise diesel prices in the near future as it tries to reduce fine dust levels in the air, the finance ministry said Monday. “We’ve considered many scenarios related to tax rate hikes for diesel, but all have been found to be [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – About 14,000 people are dying prematurely every year in South Korea as a result of air pollution, a medical professor said Monday, citing a report by the U.S.-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Cheong Hae-kwan, a professor at the Medical College of Seoul’s Sungkyunkwan University, said during [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest report from the Korea Insurance Research Institute has once again shown South Korea to be more vulnerable to fine dust, also known as PM2.5, than residents of most other OECD member nations. According to the report, the repercussions of prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter are deadly. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to the growing number of fine dust warnings that have been issued in recent months, the South Korean government is taking action by issuing a set of guidelines in 13 languages on ways to deal with high levels of fine dust, in an effort to help minimize harmful [...]