SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul ranked No. 3 among large cities with serious air pollution Tuesday, a real-time information service said. According to pollution monitoring website AirVisual, Seoul had an air quality index (AQI) of 174, trailing those of New Delhi (194) and Dhaka (193) as of 10:00 a.m. Seoul, which has been [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ruling party has urged the government to prioritize improving the country’s air quality instead of only focusing on policy for energy efficiency. “While the government has been promoting diesel automobiles for energy efficiency, it is important to realize these cars contribute to air pollution problems,” Rep. Chung Jin-suk, the [...]
SEJONG, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send two science planes to South Korea next week to conduct an air pollution study in cooperation with the Asian country’s environment research body, government officials said Tuesday. The National Institute of Environmental Research said a DC-8 flying laboratory and [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A scientific study has discovered a correlation between air pollution such as fine dust and ozone, and an increase in depression and suicide. Professor Kim Do-gwan at the Neuropsychiatry Center of Samsung Medical Center argued that PM-10 increases depression and raises suicide rates. A research team led by Kim analyzed the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Capital Area Air Environment Protection Agency will hold an annual contest to give awards to winners in total air pollutant management plans on November 11 at the Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation building in Seoul’s Gangnam. The presentation session will announce four winning firms, 34 communities of practice, and three individuals [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics announced on September 24 that it launched a new air purifier targeting the Chinese consumers. The round-shaped product was previously rolled out in the domestic market in March, gaining huge popularity from Korean consumers. The world leading electronics company refurbished its air purifier to make it more [...]
![[China Report] China’s Heavy Smog Drives Nouveau Riche out of the Country](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/smog-800x600.jpg "[China Report] China’s Heavy Smog Drives Nouveau Riche out of the Country")
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – After being awakened by serious problems caused by smog, which largely originates from China, Koreans — private and public in general — are stampeding to developing new smog forecast models as part of preemptive measures to fight against the grim air pollution. Now, it is one of the [...]