SEJONG, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is considering a move to reduce operations at coal-fired power plants to cope with excessive levels of fine dust particles in the air, the energy minister said Tuesday. “As people are deeply worried about fine dust, (the government) is reviewing a plan to restrict power [...]
POHANG, South Korea, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO is investing an additional 50 billion won ($44.1 million) to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. According to local sources on Monday, the South Korean steel giant plans to boost its environmental measures, including reducing emissions of toxic chemicals and improving maintenance of emissions facilities, by establishing [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will send an emergency message to people in Seoul and its satellite cities via mobile phone if severe fine dust is forecast in the region, the public security ministry said Sunday. “Once the message, called cell broadcast service (CBS), is issued, public agencies are obliged to follow the government’s emergency steps to reduce fine dust in the air, including the introduction of the two-day rotation system [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – This is what spring skies are supposed to look like. With fine dust concentration levels at either ‘good’ (0 to 30 micrograms/cubic meter) or ‘average’ (31 to 80㎍/㎥) across South Korea, the skies were finally blue on Monday after being shrouded in a gray haze for weeks. The Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced plans yesterday to use fire hydrants to clean the streets when find dust warnings are issued, after officials decided to consider fine dust as a natural disaster. Seoul’s resourceful new initiative comes after a task force dedicated to improving air quality decided to utilize [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A day without a fine dust warning is rapidly becoming a rare occasion in South Korea, as a gray haze of fine particulate matter and smog continues to blanket the Korean Peninsula. Record high levels of air pollution, which easily exceed the World Health Organization’s recommended limits, grab the [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s government said Thursday it will financially reward motorists for reducing their driving mileage, staring this month, as part of efforts to fight fine dust pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the city’s motorists will be paid a maximum of 70,000 won (US$62) if [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Exposure to air pollution increases risk of aggravating Parkinson’s disease and may cause neurological disease progression, a study showed Friday. According to the study by Kim Ho at Seoul National University, patients with the neurodegenerative disease are more likely to visit emergency rooms during days with high levels of [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Air pollution costs South Korea more than 10 trillion won (US$8.9 billion) a year in lost production and other damages, with the figure feared to nearly double in about 40 years, data showed Thursday. Air pollution causes direct and indirect damage across the board by not only harming people’s [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The air purifier market in South Korea is expanding rapidly, largely due to surging demand as consumers are becoming more concerned about fine dust, industry data showed Wednesday. The market size of air purifiers reached 1 trillion won (US$888.4 million) at the end of 2016, soaring from 300 billion [...]