SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — It has become mandatory for South Korean employers to provide adequate rest even to indoor workers during heat waves. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that an amendment to the subordinate ordinance of the Occupational Safety and Health Act will take effect from Wednesday. The existing provision No. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea experienced the hottest first 10 days of July on record last month, according to the state weather agency Thursday. The average temperature for July 1-10 was 27.1 C, the hottest since the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) began expanding observations nationwide in 1973. The average temperature — figured [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has seen an increase in heat waves and tropical nights and a decline in cold spells over the past three decades as global warming has driven up temperatures, South Korea’s state weather agency said Tuesday. The average annual temperature in North Korea rose by 0.4 degree Celsius [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea experienced three to four more days of heat waves and tropical nights per year during the past decade than it did during the past 48 years, data from the Korea Meteorological Administration showed Monday. Heat wave days from 2011 to 2020 averaged 14 days per year, up [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Growth of South Korea’s housing-related outlays reached a five-year high in 2018 due mainly to severe cold waves and scorching heat, central bank data showed Monday. Local households spent 148.4 trillion won (US$131 billion) on heating, water use and rent last year, up 4.3 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With temperatures once again soaring above their yearly averages, a report released by medical experts says that one out of seven mental patients ending up up in the emergency room is typically affected by the heat. In addition, one out of three patients hospitalized for anxiety attacks were also [...]