SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A choking pall of fine dust plagued much of South Korea on Saturday, prompting authorities to impose emergency reduction measures for the greater Seoul area and other regions the next morning. As of 10 p.m., the density of ultrafine dust, called PM 2.5, hit the “very bad” level for [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Urban areas with more green spaces have a lower level of microplastics, research showed Thursday. A joint research team consisting of the National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul National University and anti-pests company Cesco, analyzed the quantity and composition of microplastics (diameter of higher than 20 micrometers, equivalent to the [...]
SUWON, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, will carry out the country’s first study to determine the effectiveness of plants in reducing fine dust. Suwon’s city government set up a testbed for a fine dust reduction model in front of a local park last week. The testbed [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that the most cost effective policy for the reduction of fine dust among the initiatives pursued by the Seoul metropolitan government is a measure targeting the mitigation of vehicle emissions. A report released on Wednesday by the Seoul Institute, a think tank for the Seoul [...]
JEJU, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of so-called ‘urban wind ventilation forests’ will be planted across the city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of the same name. The provincial government of Jeju Island announced Thursday that it will invest 10 billion won (US$8.8 million) between now and 2022 to plant forests [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A yellow dust storm that originated in the Gobi Desert in northern China and Mongolia on Friday blanketed most of South Korea, including the greater Seoul area, the state weather agency said. A fine dust advisory, issued for Seoul at 1 p.m., was upgraded to a fine dust warning [...]
BUSAN, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city on the southern coast, plans to encourage the development of small-scale forests in downtown areas to improve the urban environment as well as to prevent fine dust from flowing into residential areas. The Busan metropolitan government announced plans to develop a total of eight [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said Wednesday that it has developed a new technology that analyses radioactive particles in fine dust and uses them to track down the source of the contaminant. The new technology places a marker to measure the changes in radioactive levels inside fine [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Fine dust emissions from coal plants more than halved over the past four-month period compared with two years earlier, data showed Monday, after the country limited their operations during the winter. Local coal plants generated 3,191 tons of fine dust from December last year to March 2021, sharply down [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s emissions of fine dust from coal power plants moved down 22 percent on-year during the winter season, data showed Thursday, as the country reduced their operations in sync with its efforts to ease dependence on fossil fuel. The combined amount of fine dust generated by local coal [...]