SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The government announced Monday that it will launch a national winter season fine dust management program next month centered around reducing the amount of air pollutants during the season. The environment ministry said the program will run from December to March of next year and will center around the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to reduce the operation of some coal-powered plants over the winter in line with efforts to cut the emission of fine dust. Under the plan, the country will halt the operation of from nine to 16 coal-powered plants over the season, according to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that a higher density of ultrafine dust in the atmosphere aggravates the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. A research team led by Hong Seung-no, a professor of otolaryngology at the Boramae Medical Center, said Thursday it confirmed the correlation between the density of ultra-fine dust [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team from South Korea and China has revealed that contaminants from China enter Seoul’s atmosphere after just two days, causing high concentrations of fine dust. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Chinese Academy of Sciences announced Thursday that they had scientifically proven how [...]
DAEJEON, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service (KFS) announced Friday that it will invest 1 trillion won (US$837 million) to create new urban forests by 2025, as part of the government’s Green New Deal initiative. The KFS will create 723 hectares of forest near roads or industrial complexes to block fine dust [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, announced on Monday the development of ‘Quality Air’ technology to keep the air inside its vehicles fresh. The new developments, which consist of ‘After Blow Technology,’ ‘Multi Air Mode Technology,’ and ‘Fine Dust Indicator Technology,’ will be included in Hyundai’s new vehicles [...]
CHEONAN, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a system that turns gas emissions into bubbles underwater to eradicate both fine dust and its source. The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) announced Monday that it had co-developed a micro-bubble system jointly with a local firm. Previous technology used to filter sources [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10,000 aged diesel cars, known as one of the major causes of fine dust, have already been scrapped in Seoul this year, following measures offering subsidies to people scrapping old cars to purchase new ones and banning certain automobiles from being driven in the downtown area. Seoul [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Koreans viewed air pollution as the most pressing environmental concern last year, a government survey showed Sunday, amid a worsening level of fine dust in the country. According to a survey conducted by the state-run Korea Environment Institute on 3,008 people around the country, 46.5 [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ultrafine dust emissions fell 8.5 percent on-year in 2017 as manufacturers cut back coal usage and old vehicles were replaced, government data showed Tuesday. The country’s ultrafine dust emissions totaled 91,731 tons in 2017, down by 8,516 tons from the previous year, according to the National Center [...]