BUSAN, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Coast Guard announced on April 20 that it will award a total of 900,000 won in rewards to individuals who reported cases of ocean pollution during the first quarter of this year. The Coast Guard operates a reward system for reporting marine pollution incidents to supplement its ocean [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A choking pall of fine dust plagued much of South Korea on Saturday, prompting authorities to impose emergency reduction measures for the greater Seoul area and other regions the next morning. As of 10 p.m., the density of ultrafine dust, called PM 2.5, hit the “very bad” level for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Plastic waste is a nagging headache for Asia’s fourth-largest economy. After banning plastic cups and bags, the government is now moving to ban paper boxes and packaging tapes. Starting November, supermarkets will stop providing paper boxes and tape that shoppers can use to carry their groceries home, a move [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Extract of Carpinus tschonoskii, a tree indigenous to the Korean Peninsula and called “gaeseoeonamu” in Korean, has proved to be good in protecting human cells from fine particle pollution, a state-run think tank said Thursday. The deciduous forest tree, which grows to a height of 15 meters with a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is moving to designate fine dust concentrations as a disaster in law, part of its countermeasures to the nation’s worsening air pollution problem, officials said Tuesday. If fine dust pollution is legally recognized as a disaster, the government will work out concrete criteria for damage assessment and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Babies living closer to roads are at a higher risk of having bronchiolitis, a study showed Friday, indicating a correlation between traffic-related air pollution and infantile bronchiolitis and childhood asthma. Bronchiolitis in infants mostly affects those younger than 2 months old. Signs of severe bronchiolitis include retractions and can [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The woman considered the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees was in the National Assembly Meeting Hall Buildingyesterday to share her wide-ranging views on politics, global warming and pollution.1 At an event titled “Eco Talks”, Goodall sat down for a Q&A session with Ewha Women’s University professor Choi Jae Cheon before [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Over half of the fine dust particles in Seoul come from abroad, the municipal government said Thursday, amid the city’s struggle to fight worsening air quality. The Seoul Metropolitan Government, citing a study conducted by the Seoul Institute, said the portion of the capital’s fine dust pollution from China [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top court has ordered the government to disclose the results of a probe on pollution detected in ground water near a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in Seoul, court records showed Tuesday. The U.S. Army base in Yongsan, central Seoul, has been suspected as the source of [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s air purifier market has grown rapidly in recent years, industry data showed Monday, amid rising air pollution levels that have been fueled by smog and yellow dust coming from China. Westerly winds carry smog from China, as well as yellow dust from Mongolia, to the Korean Peninsula [...]