SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is expanding its “Carbon Point System” to vehicles, further reinforcing its environmental protection measures by promoting eco-friendly driving. In accordance with an agreement signed Wednesday between the Ministry of Environment and KT, a local telecommunications company, drivers will be able to receive monetary incentives based on their [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Renault Samsung Motors, a local subsidiary of Groupe Renault, announced Monday that it will host the 2016 Busan Eco-Rally. During the race, participants will drive around the city in SM3 Z.E. vehicles, the automaker’s full-electric sedan, engaging in various environmentally-friendly missions such as doing dishes using as little water [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is on its way to complete venue construction on time as the country aims to make its first ever Winter Olympics an environmentally friendly event. With the 2018 Winter Games now 500 days away, the South Korea host city PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, and [...]
SEJONG, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Data shows that the number of bicycles in Korea now stands at 10.22 million, and 34.7 percent of households possess at least one bicycle. As more people are looking into eco-friendly means of transportation, government authorities are making an effort to provide a better cycling environment. The Korea Transport Institute [...]
HWASEONG, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-ranked carmaker, unveiled the Niro hybrid subcompact SUV on Wednesday and began receiving preorders for its latest eco-friendly vehicle model. Known for such popular SUV models as the Mohave, Sorento and Sportage, Kia Motors said that it has now completed its full SUV lineup with [...]
HONGCHEON, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of Hongcheon Eco-friendly Energy Town, which is composed of unwanted public facilities such as manure treatment plants. A total of 500 guests, including Minister of Environment Yoon Sung-gyu, Gangwon Province Governor Choi Mun-soon, and Korea Environment Corporation Chairman Lee Si-jin. [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will seek to have more than 1 million eco-friendly cars on the road by 2020 as part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate new growth momentum for its auto industry. The 2016-2020 plan will push up the percentage of green cars such as [...]
SEOUL, Dec 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Beginning next year, the government will increase its level of subsidies given to electric vehicle buyers while extending the time limit for tax benefits by 2017. It will also support the auto industry to improve its EV capabilities so that the electric cars can drive up to 300 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government and the Seoul Business Agency have signed a multilateral business partnership agreement with communication and energy sector enterprises and the financial service providers on May 28. The business agreement is to establish the first public-private cooperative network to foster “green star companies” which can be [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Aug 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Rural Development Administration has developed an agricultural technology of eliminating bad odor coming from food waste. A team of researchers at RDA came up with the new technology by combining pine cone leftover after pine nuts are extracted with bacillus, a type of microorganism cultured from [...]