SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new method of measuring the amount of scattering dust using photos taken by smartphones or drones has been developed by the National Institute of Environmental Research. The Ministry of Environment said it will come up with an examination standard for measuring scattering dust using the new optical method. [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province announced on January 9 that it will create a forest to prevent air pollution caused increasing fine dust emissions. The forest will be created on the site of a shuttered U.S. military base downtown. Only 15 hectares of the base will be [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has opened a fine dust research center to find technological solutions to counter the environmental and health threats it poses. The company said the new center, operated by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, will focus on carrying out research on fine dust particles. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting this month, driving restrictions will be imposed on 400,000 aged vehicles in the Seoul Metropolitan Area when airborne concentrations of fine dust reach a critical level. Seoul announced new legislation that will restrict grade 5 emission vehicles once fine dust emergency measures are declared by the Seoul mayor. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Citizens in Seoul and surrounding areas have enjoyed clear blue skies for the past 11 days without worrying about fine dust, but the air will again get thick with ultrafine particles beginning this weekend, a state think tank said Wednesday. The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) under the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A new emission charge will be imposed for nitrogen oxides, also known as NOx, starting in 2020, as part of the government’s effort to fight the causes of hazardous fine dust, the Ministry of Environment said. The Cabinet meeting on Monday approved a revision of the Enforcement Decree of [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan announced on Wednesday that it plans to create an urban forest to reduce fine dust and mitigate the urban heat island effect. The Blue Green Network, a project proposed by Busan, was recently approved by the Korea Forest Service as part of its new Social [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam district is installing fine dust indicators at all of its elementary schools. The indicators will display four different colors – blue, green, yellow, and red – in accordance with the information received from the air monitoring facility at Gangnam District Office. Blue, for instance, will mean that [...]
SUWON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province plans to expand its urban forest by 2022 to tackle fine dust. The city announced on Monday that it plans to reduce average fine dust levels by 30 percent before 2022, by expanding urban green spaces by 30 percent. Tree planting, covering urban [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it will scrap all benefits given to low-emission diesel vehicles in an effort to eventually take diesel cars off the roads to help curb fine dust. The decision to abolish the government’s “clean diesel policy” was part of a set of measures that the environment [...]