SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elderly people who die prematurely due to the influence of ultrafine dust, or PM 2.5, is expected to surge in the coming years. According to a policy report released Wednesday by the Seoul Institute, the number of people aged 65 or older who die early due [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A district in Seoul has introduced a sidewalk air pollution shelter for the first time in the country. Seoul’s Gangnam District on Wednesday installed a “fine dust free shelter” at the bus stop in front of the Galleria Department Store on a trial base. The facility removes more than [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Thursday it will scale down the operations of local coal plants to 80 percent of their capacity starting in December in a broader effort to deal with a spike in fine dust here. The ceiling will come into effect from December to February 2020, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 32 percent of ultrafine dust in South Korea can be attributed to China, a piece of joint research by South Korea, China and Japan showed Wednesday, as fine dust pollution continues to be a regional environmental headache. An average of 51.2 percent of ultrafine dust in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has announced plans to install sensors that collect fine dust information throughout the city. The city announced on Tuesday it will install 2,500 “S-DoT·Smart Seoul Data of Things” sensors that will collect noise, fine dust and ultraviolet information by 2022. To begin, the SMG [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul and its adjacent metropolitan areas kicked off preliminary measures to reduce fine dust air pollution on Monday, the first such steps taken this autumn. A set of preliminary measures are being taken in the public sector to cut fine dust in a proactive manner when there is a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A presidential committee on Monday suggested measures to reduce South Korea’s fine dust by up to 20 percent later this year amid growing concerns over an environmental issue that has social and diplomatic ramifications. The measures, encompassing seven areas such as industry, health and international cooperation, are expected to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presidential panel on climate on Friday reviewed a set of public proposals to fight fine dust air pollution, including restricting high-emission diesel cars and coal power plants during the upcoming high density season from December to March. The National Council on Climate and Air Quality, chaired by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Nine in ten Seoulites support a seasonal fine dust restriction program, according to a recent study. The Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted an online survey of 1,000 citizens, 90.4 percent of whom said that a seasonal fine dust restriction program should be implemented. The program focuses on tackling fine dust [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Research suggests that air pollutants including fine dust increase the risk of sudden death infant death syndrome (SIDS) for young infants. An analysis of 454 children who died of SIDS in South Korea between 2009 and 2013 found a link in which exposure to air pollution raised the risk [...]