SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Thursday it plans to make a proactive move to promote the use of wind power and solar energy in line with efforts to harness renewable sources to achieve carbon neutrality. Under this goal, the government plans to supply renewable energy production facilities with a [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A 12-year-old elementary school student will make her voice heard this week in one of South Korea’s most consequential legal battles over the government’s response to climate change. Han Je-ah, a sixth grader from Seoul, will address the Constitutional Court in person on May 21 during the final hearing for [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Institute of Biological Resources, an affiliate of South Korea’s Ministry of Environment, has announced the potential use of a fungus to reduce the recent mass outbreaks of stick insects in the greater Seoul metropolitan area, with findings showing that over 90% of the insects were killed by an [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent surge in temperatures has led to a significant spike in the population of ticks known to transmit infectious diseases, with their occurrence rate increasing by approximately 38% compared to the yearly average, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). On May 8, the KDCA revealed [...]
JEJU, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – On the scenic vacation of island of Jeju, South Korea, an innovative initiative is using drones to assist with beach cleanups and a range of public services, highlighting the region’s embrace of cutting-edge technologies. According to Jeju provincial authorities, a special project will be launched on the islands of Chagwido [...]
SEOUL/JEJU, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) -- At 11 a.m. on May 2, some 20 hikers were having an early lunch on the wooden deck of the Witsae oreum shelter, perched 1,700 meters up the slopes of Hallasan, South Korea’s highest mountain. Most had brought insulated bottles, filling them with hot water to prepare ubiquitous packets [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Mandatory emission tests last year on 189,000 motorcycles in South Korea prevented the release of 98.5 metric tons of air pollutants, the government’s transportation safety agency reported on April 29. The reductions included 63 metric tons of carbon monoxide, 19.3 tons of particulate matter, 10.5 tons of nitrogen oxides and [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court held its first public hearing Tuesday on petitions filed by an adolescents’ group and others against what they called the government’s insufficient response to climate change. The widely watched hearing came four years after the adolescents’ civic group, Youth 4 Climate Action, first lodged a constitutional [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –Kakao’s impact commerce platform Kakao Makers has partnered with food giant CJ CheilJedang to launch an upcycling initiative that will transform discarded containers from the company’s popular instant rice products into new merchandise. Timed to coincide with Earth Day on April 22, the “Instant Rice Container Reborn Project” seeks to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –Victims’ groups and environmental advocates marked Earth Day on April 22 by announcing the 1,853rd death linked to toxic humidifier disinfectants, ramping up pressure on companies to compensate those sickened by the products years after a national scandal erupted. At a news conference outside the headquarters of Oxy, a major [...]