SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief policymaker of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Thursday that the party will seek to enact a special law aimed at rooting out dog meat consumption. Dog meat consumption has dramatically declined in recent decades amid perceptions that the tradition is becoming an international embarrassment. Still, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A special law on fighting fine dust pollution will take effect in South Korea on Friday, establishing the legal grounds for local governments to impose mandatory restrictions on coal power plants and other heavy emitters of dust particles, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. The Special Act on Particulate [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A new law providing the legal grounds for a new committee on fine dust to be created under the Prime Minister’s Office has passed in the National Assembly. A general meeting was held at the National Assembly yesterday to pass the special law, which addresses ways to reduce and [...]