SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In an effort to tackle persistent floor noise issues in apartments, Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) unveiled the country’s largest soundproofing testing facility, the ‘Decibel 35 Lab,’ located at the Sejong Housing Performance Research and Development Center. This new facility simulates real apartment environments, allowing for in-depth testing [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is on track to strengthen regulatory standards on floor noise, as well as to introduce an ‘ex-post inter-floor noise confirmation system’ to mandate multi-unit house developers to check the inter-floor noise prevention performance after completing apartment construction. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it [...]
CHEONGJU, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A complaint was filed at an apartment complex in the city of Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province for constant baby crying and non-stop noise coming from a downstairs neighbor. The police visited the apartment complex after receiving a report that child abuse was suspected. According to the complaint, there was [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking action on the problem of so-called environmental disputes which include floor noise, odor or water leak, most common types of civil complaints among Seoulites who are more likely to live in densely populated residential buildings such as apartments. Last week, the Seoul government announced revisions to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 02 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people live in collective residences such as apartments, the issue of noise between floors has become more serious and prevalent, often leading to disputes among neighbors and violence. As if to reflect the social attention to this problem, the number of patents related to soundproofing [...]