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Majority of S. Koreans Feel Significance of Climate Change Following Coronavirus and Torrential Rains

Majority of S. Koreans Feel Significance of Climate Change Following Coronavirus and Torrential Rains

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Koreans have realized the significance of climate change following the coronavirus outbreak and a record-breaking summer monsoon season, a local civic group said Thursday. Green Korea United conducted a survey of 1,500 South Koreans between the ages of 14 and 69, 95.8 percent of whom realized the [...]

Heavy Downpours Batter S. Korea

Heavy Downpours Batter S. Korea

SEOUL/GWANGJU/DAEJEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Heavy downpours flooded homes, roads and farmland in central and southern South Korea on Tuesday, adding to the woes of regions already battered by a typhoon last week. Up to 455 millimeters of rain fell in South Jeolla Province in the country’s southwest between Monday and Tuesday, with more [...]