SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of hand cleansers and laundry detergents for babies have risen sharply amid growing concerns over worsening levels of fine dust in the air, local businesses said Friday. South Korea has been suffering from worsening air pollution caused by fine dust particles emitted both at home and from China, [...]
SUWON, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s most populous province has said it will continue its policy of distributing fine dust masks for free on buses when fine dust levels are high, after the air pollution emergency measure was rated favorably by 8 out of 10 bus riders. For a two-day period starting on [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers are ramping up efforts to develop air purifiers and masks in their fight against ultra-fine dust. According to industry watchers, a research team at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology has created a nanofiber-based ultra-fine dust filter that can collect particulate matter known as known [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police buses are being criticized for contributing to the air pollution that frequently blankets Seoul and other cities across the country. These buses, which are often dispatched to protests around Seoul and are usually left idling all day long, are accused of emitting harmful air pollutants, as the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of masks and other products that can mitigate the effects of fine dust have skyrocketed amid rising concerns over deteriorating air quality in the country, local retailers said Wednesday. Sales of masks at GS25, one of South Korea’s leading convenience store chains, from Saturday to Monday jumped 914.5 [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The words “BORYUNG” atop a corporate building located in Jongno 5-ga, Seoul will change color according to the fine dust concentration levels in the air. According to Boryung Pharmaceutical, the corporate name will light up in either blue, green, yellow or red when Seoul’s fine dust status is “good”, [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Even with South Korea’s skies clearing somewhat from the previous few days, the weather forecast may continue to describe the concentration of fine dust in the atmosphere as “bad”, as air quality standards for PM2.5 have become tougher. The 24-hour average will be lowered from 50㎍/㎥ to 35㎍/㎥, and [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A fine dust onslaught choking the country continued for the third straight day Monday, with concentration levels in Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province over the weekend marking the highest-ever since measurement began in 2015, a weather agency said. On Sunday, levels hit all-time highs of 99 micrograms per [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will launch an English version of its air quality notification service via SNS for foreigners to better provide them with real-time information on air pollution amid worsening fine dust levels. The platform, available at the English-language website of Seoul city (http://english.seoul.go.kr), is [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — To improve the air inside South Korean subway stations that is breathed in and out by millions every day, the government has announced measures buttressed by a 410.7 billion won budget to lower average PM10 levels by 13.5 percent from 69.4㎍/㎥ to 60 ㎍/㎥. By the end of June, [...]