SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile applications providing weather information are gaining huge popularity in South Korea as more people seek to monitor the fine dust air pollution that often blankets the country, industry data showed Thursday. The number of downloads of weather mobile apps at Google Play jumped to 2.8 million in the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels next to shopping complexes are enjoying a huge rise in popularity as more and more people remain reluctant to go outdoors amid high levels of air pollution. Trip.com, an online travel agency, reported on Tuesday that its reservation rate at six hotels next to shopping malls in Seoul [...]
SUWON, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced the ‘Plant in the Forest’ project as part of its efforts to reduce fine dust. The province plans to work with companies to plant trees around factories and plants in the region to cleanse the atmosphere. Starting this year, the province will invite all factories in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of skin cleansing products, which are essential for removing fine dust, have increased dramatically this spring as skin problems caused by fine dust have increased. Online shopping portal Auction announced on Sunday that sales of cleansing products jumped by up to 70 percent – depending on the item [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Galleria Co., a retail unit of the South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, announced on Tuesday that it has decided to inform citizens of fine dust levels by utilizing media art installed on the exterior of its department stores. The lighting installed on the exterior of the Galleria Luxury [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — On days when there is a lot of news about fine dust, card payments at resorts and condominiums typically decrease by more than 30 percent, according to a recent study. Hana Institute of Finance, a research unit of Hana Financial Group Inc., published a report on Wednesday titled “Changes [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Chemical companies are alleged to have colluded with air pollutant measurement firms to manipulate data on emissions of fine dust, the environment ministry said Wednesday. A total of 235 chemical factories located in the Yeosu industrial complex were found to have plotted with four measurement agencies in rigging data [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — High-emission vehicles will be restricted from the center of Seoul beginning in July this year, as part of the municipal government’s new policy measures to reduce fine dust pollution in the capital, it was announced Monday. Grade 5 emission vehicles, mostly diesel cars, will be barred from entering Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run research body said Thursday it will plant more trees indigenous to South Korea’s largest island of Jeju as the tree is confirmed to have lowered the concentration of harmful PM2.5 particles indoors. The Institute of Biological Resources, affiliated with the environment ministry, implemented a pilot project from [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Seoul said Thursday it will install signal lights to display levels of fine dust air pollution at all riverside parks in the capital to caution citizens against health hazards. A total of 12 fine dust signal lamps will be installed at major entrances to all of [...]