SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has showed that growing plants indoors can help improve air quality. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) revealed the results of the study on Tuesday, following a variety of experiments conducted on indoor plants over the last four years. “We used a special device that visualizes fine [...]
DAEJEON, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are concerned over the problem that solar panels are being installed in areas that are ten times the size of forests being created to reduce fine dust. Rep. Kim Tae-heum, a member of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, revealed that a total of 5,553 projects have been [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government lifted restrictions on the sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) powered vehicles to consumers Tuesday as it pushes to improve air quality in the country. The move allows everyone to buy cars that emit less fine dust and other pollutants into the environment, which has become [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With the Korean peninsula blanketed in dense air pollution for much of the first part of this year, sales of plants that are effective in purifying the air have increased. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. announced on Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that pregnant women living in areas suffering from severe fine dust are 1.57 times more exposed to the dangers of giving birth to a premature infant. Premature infants are babies born before 37 completed weeks of gestation. A researchers said that they have found [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is aiming to get all commercial vehicles in the country to run on hydrogen fuel-cell by 2035 in a move to help ease fine dust air pollution, the transport ministry said Wednesday. In a report submitted to Rep. Youn Kwan-suk of the ruling Democratic Party, the Ministry [...]
JEONJU, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cities and counties in North Jeolla Province are scrambling to plant more trees this year with the aim to reduce fine dust and offset the urban heat island effect. According to the National Institute for Forest Science, planting a single tree can result in the absorption of 35.7 grams [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it will sharply reduce the import surcharge imposed on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in line with the government’s efforts to control fine dust pollution. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the new rules will cut the levy on the more environment-friendly [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With spring just around the corner in South Korea, the warm weather is attracting people to engage more in outdoor activities, boosting sales of golf equipment. Despite severe air pollution that has blanketed the Korean peninsula in recent months, and undermined sales of outdoor sports gear, golf equipment has [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is seeking to team up with the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to pin down the sources of Korea’s high fine dust air pollution levels, a government agency said Sunday. The National Institute of Environmental Research, a research body under the Ministry of Environment, [...]