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Growing Plants Indoors can Improve Air Quality: Study

Growing Plants Indoors can Improve Air Quality: Study

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 [...]

Land Approved for Solar Panel Projects 10 Times Larger than Urban Forests

Land Approved for Solar Panel Projects 10 Times Larger than Urban Forests

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 [...]

Gov’t Lifts Sales Restrictions on LPG Vehicles to Help Reduce Fine Dust

Gov’t Lifts Sales Restrictions on LPG Vehicles to Help Reduce Fine Dust

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 [...]

Pregnant Women Exposed to Air Pollution More Likely to Give Birth Prematurely

Pregnant Women Exposed to Air Pollution More Likely to Give Birth Prematurely

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 [...]

S. Korea to Cut Import Surcharge on LNG for Power Generation

S. Korea to Cut Import Surcharge on LNG for Power Generation

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 [...]

Sales of Golf Equipment Soar Despite Severe Air Pollution

Sales of Golf Equipment Soar Despite Severe Air Pollution

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 [...]

S. Korea, NASA to Launch Joint Research on Sources of Fine Dust in Korea

S. Korea, NASA to Launch Joint Research on Sources of Fine Dust in Korea

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, [...]