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Workers of the Seoul Metropolitan Election Commission hold placards calling for fair elections to select the president and Seoul’s educational chief in front of the commission’s office in central Seoul, Thursday, 40 days ahead of the Dec. 19 polls. / Yonhap

2012-11-08 19:36

Green growth essential to saving 'Earth in danger' (50)

First and foremost, I am grateful to the staff of The Korea Times for their hard work in publishing the feature series “Earth in danger” over the past six months. My thanks should also go to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and all other contributors from various sectors.

2012-07-30 18:47

Growth can go with environment protection (49)

Twenty years ago, when world leaders met in Rio de Janeiro for the Earth Summit, 5.5 billion people inhabited our planet. Nearly half were living in extreme poverty.

2012-07-26 17:48

New opportunities for global cooperation (48)

The following are excerpts from presentations that are scheduled to be made during an international conference on conflict management organized under the theme of “From Environmental Challenges to Environmental Conflicted: New Opportunities for Global Cooperation” at the Seoul Press Center in downtown Seoul at 2 p.m. today. – ED.

2012-07-23 20:23

People, nature converge at 4 major rivers (47)

The number of people visiting areas around the country’s four major rivers up to early July crossed the 7 million mark, less than eight months after restoration of them was completed last October.

2012-07-19 19:08

Future of tourism within the environment (46)

If I were to convene a group of decision-makers now, in 2012, to talk about the futures of tourism in Hawaii (or anywhere), most people would want to talk about the fact that tourism is one of the biggest and most important industries in the world today.

2012-07-16 17:38

20 years lost in the environment (45)

I have one basic message, which is not exactly a surprise and that is that we are in very deep trouble. Things are not working and the international system is not solving problems that humanity has never had to solve together.

2012-07-12 17:29

Why I work in shorts and sandals (44)

“It would be okay to wear blue jeans in the office if they were neat. / It would be cool if we wore shorts as school uniforms in summer.

2012-07-09 18:29

Environmental governance in NE Asia (43)

As can be seen in the transport of yellow dust from China and the crisis last year over the nuclear disaster at Fukushima in Japan, there are significant geographical implications in terms of the environment.

2012-07-05 19:29

Learning to promote sustainability (42)

The primary objective of a business leader is to make more money and successfully run a company. But in more recent years, environmental considerations are increasingly coming into play.

2012-07-02 18:56

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