SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s government said Thursday it will financially reward motorists for reducing their driving mileage, staring this month, as part of efforts to fight fine dust pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the city’s motorists will be paid a maximum of 70,000 won (US$62) if [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – As a gray haze caused by fine dust continues to blanket South Korea, home appliance companies are enjoying booming sales with some companies running additional production lines over the weekend. Growing public concern over the health effects of fine dust and air pollution in the country are turning air [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans on Wednesday sued the governments of Seoul and Beijing, seeking compensation over mental distress they suffered due to fine dust, the plaintiffs said. Choi Yul, Korea’s environmentalism pioneer and president of the Korea Green Foundation, and attorney Ahn Kyung-jae filed the case with the Seoul Central District [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study suggests fine dust particles from China in 2007 alone were linked to the early deaths of 30,900 people in Korea and Japan. The global collaborative study by Tsinghua University, Beijing University, the University of California-Irvine, and the University of British Colombia examined the deadly impact of fine [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Air pollution costs South Korea more than 10 trillion won (US$8.9 billion) a year in lost production and other damages, with the figure feared to nearly double in about 40 years, data showed Thursday. Air pollution causes direct and indirect damage across the board by not only harming people’s [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The air purifier market in South Korea is expanding rapidly, largely due to surging demand as consumers are becoming more concerned about fine dust, industry data showed Wednesday. The market size of air purifiers reached 1 trillion won (US$888.4 million) at the end of 2016, soaring from 300 billion [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul ranked No. 3 among large cities with serious air pollution Tuesday, a real-time information service said. According to pollution monitoring website AirVisual, Seoul had an air quality index (AQI) of 174, trailing those of New Delhi (194) and Dhaka (193) as of 10:00 a.m. Seoul, which has been [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea suffered severe fine dust levels for the first three days of the new year, with the capital Seoul even issuing on Monday a warning for ultrafine particles for the first time since November 2015. Warnings are typically issued when the average hourly concentration of ultrafine particles reaches [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A bit of good news for old diesel car owners. Starting Monday, the government is offering an exemption of up to 1.43 million won ($1,217) in new vehicle purchasing taxes for those who junk diesel cars that are over 10 years old, a revision to the Restriction of Special [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Diesel cars that were once fancied by consumers for their higher fuel efficiency are losing ground in Korea, mainly from the global emissions scandal in addition to the government imposing stricter diesel car regulations, labeling them as one of the main sources of fine dust. According to the Ministry [...]