SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Rival parties are speeding up deliberation on various bills on fighting fine dust pollution, with a goal of passing at least seven of them in a plenary session of the National Assembly this week, officials said Monday. The nation’s three biggest parties — the ruling Democratic Party, the main [...]
GANGNEUNG, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — On March 9, the second weekend in March, the east coast of Gangwon Province was crowded with visitors enjoying the smells of spring. The crowds started to grow in the morning, with tourists and young people who wanted to visit places free of fine dust. With the crowds, Gangneung’s [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Spike in fine dust concentrations have caused sales of air purifiers for automobiles to soar amid rising consumer health concerns, local retailers said Sunday. Data provided by E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest discount hypermarket chain, showed sales of vehicle dust filtering products skyrocketing 1,046 percent on-year in the March [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – On Thursday morning, the parking lot at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae was almost completely empty. There were only two cars parked, as if they had been parked the day before, and there was a sign that read ‘parking lot closed’ blocking the entrance. The President’s Chief of Staff, Noh [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean government laboratory said Friday it will conduct an aerial observation of flows of pollutants over the Yellow Sea to trace the origins of fine dust concentrations over the Korean Peninsula. The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), affiliated with the Ministry of Environment, said it will [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A photocatalytic paint that absorbs fine dust will be applied to public buildings in Seoul for the very first time. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday that it will repaint the outer walls of the Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema located in Jung District with photocatalytic paint. “Once we [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top diplomat said Thursday that there is a link between China and the worsening air pollution in South Korea, which officials here describe as tantamount to a disaster. “It’s true that there’s a cause (of fine dust) stemming from China,” Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told reporters as [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As one of some of the worst air pollution ever has swept across South Korea for six straight days, many people are particularly concerned for their health. A recent study revealed that continuous exposure to ultrafine dust can infiltrate facial pores and quicken the aging process, resulting in facial [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean National Fire Agency said it plans to help with efforts to spray water on city streets to reduce dust that scatters when cars pass by. When emergency measures to reduce fine dust are in effect, the agency will send fire trucks to water the roads near [...]
UIJEONGBU, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced on Wednesday that it will plant 275,000 trees in the desert in Inner Mongolia over the next five years, in order to reduce fine dust coming from China. Gyeonggi Province signed an agreement confirming the specifics of the project with the Korea-China Youth Association and the [...]