SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next month, all new buildings in Seoul will be obliged to have ventilators that can filter 95 percent of fine dust. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the new design standards for buildings that require the installation of air purifying ventilators and other devices. The new standards will be [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and China have agreed to set up a joint early warning system related to fine dust, Seoul’s authorities said Thursday amid desperate efforts here to counter air pollution. The neighboring countries had a series of working-level talks on environmental issues earlier this week and agreed to expand [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to conduct an artificial rain experiment over the Yellow Sea later this week to analyze the method’s effect on reducing fine dust pollution, government officials said Wednesday. The rare experiment is to be jointly carried out by the National Institute of Meteorological Research (NIMR) and the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Environment responded to a recent comment from the Chinese government that blamed South Korea for its poor air quality. “It is only common sense to know that the westerlies blow from the northern hemisphere, exposing South Korea to Chinese influence, particularly in the fall and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Monday that it will include additional fine dust reduction measures in the 9th Basic Plan on Electricity Demand and Supply, which is to be established this year. The government plans to expand its policy to limit coal power plant output [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Fine dust is increasingly becoming a major issue in the daily lives of South Koreans, while also beginning to force them to change the way they live, as well as where they spend most of their time. “I usually bring my kids with me to the Han River park [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of innovative items are being released to tackle fine dust, with consumers looking beyond the typical masks or air purifiers. Mobile oxygen cans and wearable air purifiers have recently been gaining popularity. Gmarket, a major South Korean online shopping mall, said sales of mobile oxygen cans in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Severe fine dust is critical to eye health. In particular, recent recipients of LASIK, LASEK, or lens implant surgery should be careful to limit exposure to fine dust, which can result in inflammation and infections on the surgery wound. Fine dust increases the danger of a dry eye syndrome, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Opinions are divided over whether the meteorological phenomenon of fine dust that hits the country from winter to spring every year is getting worse or not. Most people surveyed believe the fine dust problem is deteriorating, but some insist it has improved, citing statistical data. According to data from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten South Koreans believe that the current policy of restricting the use of vehicles owned by public institutions during periods of severe fine dust is ineffective, arguing that the policy should be expanded to private cars as well. The Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health [...]