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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has been supplying local trucks with eco-friendly engine-off heaters – heating devices that use a minimum amount of fuel to keep the air warm without having to keep the engine running – as part of its environmental initiatives. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Friday that it plans to develop the technology to cut fine dust particle levels in the air by 50 percent by 2023. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning released a plan as dust particles have become a source of major health concern. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Adding to heightened concerns in Korea over the increasing prevalence of fine dust in the atmosphere, a recent doctoral dissertation by a PhD student at Seoul National University (SNU) substantiated the repercussions of exposure to ultrafine particles on mental health. According to SNU, medical college student Kim Kyoung-nam revealed in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Fuel cell vehicles might just be a solution to various environmental issues, including climate change, as they can help reduce fine dust without even trying, a study by a local automaker showed Friday. According to local industry leader Hyundai Motor Co., a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) can collect [...]