SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet owners are scrambling to protect their pets from the summer heat. A 29-year-old office worker surnamed Jeong recently purchased marble mats and cooling pads for his two dogs to keep them cool while he’s away at work. He placed ice packs underneath his sofas, where his dogs like [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With a sweltering summer heat wave dragging on in South Korea, hats with wide brims that can help block the scorching sunshine are enjoying rising popularity. At online shopping mall Gmarket, sales of sedge and straw hats with wide brims rose by 19 percent during the past month starting [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a prolonged heatwave, district offices in Seoul are taking various initiatives to help vulnerable people to survive the scorching summer weather. The Mapo District Office plans to provide 30 million won (US$26,100) worth of cooling devices such as electric fans to 716 households, including single elderly households, single [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The problem of energy poverty is drawing fresh social attention in South Korea, as a large number of low-income households are helplessly exposed to a scorching heat wave gripping the nation, think tanks said Wednesday. Local think tanks, like the Seoul Institute, call for more state assistance and welfare [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Public shade canopies, water spraying trucks and ice-cold water bottles are being mobilized and supplied plentifully across South Korea this week, as an extended nationwide heat wave compounds woes of local governments already burdened with having to deal with the fourth wave of COVID-19. The country remains gripped by [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Disaster Management Research Institute said Wednesday that it had developed a ‘heat distribution map’ that offers a full glimpse of the heat distribution situation for the summer season across the country. The institute will provide the newly-developed heat distribution map to departments and research institutes responsible for [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The temperature in South Korea’s southern inland area hit over 35 C Thursday, raising concerns over the wearing of face masks amid the new coronavirus pandemic. A heat wave advisory went into effect in Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul, as well as the nearby counties of Cheongdo, Gimcheon, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Global climate change has increased the frequency of abnormal weather conditions, such as heat waves, tropical nights and typhoons, and lengthened the duration of cold waves and droughts on the Korean Peninsula over the past decade, a government report said Wednesday. According to the report published jointly by the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent report has revealed that construction companies are failing to meet a government recommendation saying construction workers should be provided with enough water, shade, and breaks to avoid health problems caused by the scorching summer heat. According to the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) survey, 14.8 percent [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The views of summer night beaches are changing with the ‘night owls’ who enjoy relaxing by the sea at night to escape the sweltering heat during the daytime. According to Busan’s Haeundae District, about 8,000 people have enjoyed night swimming to date since the beach started to open at [...]