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Fri, June 23, 2017 | 14:11

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Bear travels 80km, raising concern on human safety, habitat protection

Asian black bears almost went extinct in Korea. Mount Jiri used to have a lot of them, but their population shrank as mountains were destroyed for development and they were deprived of their habitat and food sources. In an effort to restore them to nature, the Species Restoration Technology Institute under the Ministry of Environment spearheaded a restoration project in 2004....

Labor & environment | 2017-06-22 19:15

Yongsan plan for daycare center stirs row

The Yongsan-gu district office is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to build a public daycare center at a park in Hannam-dong, a neighborhood in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. At the center of the controversy is the location for the new building: an around 700-square-meter park, a beloved site for nearby residents. Although the district office says the project is in the best interest of the country - to address the plummeting birthrate - residents remain opposed to the project for its lack of transparency, demanding its relocation.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-22 17:26

Protesters chant 'hire Koreans over foreigners' in Seoul rally

About 8,000 construction workers gathered in central Seoul, Wednesday, to urge companies to hire more Korean nationals, claiming the illegal employment of foreign workers was causing too many problems. Protesters also demanded the government strengthen monitoring of construction companies over whether they hire more foreigners than permitted. The protest began Tuesday at Gwan...

Labor & environment | 2017-06-21 16:57

Korea's six-month jobless rate hits 13-year high

Drought causes water shortage crisis in southern Korea

Southern Korea’s severe drought is having a heavy impact on farmers and causing drinking water shortages. Farmers in Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province, are seeking alternatives to bring water to their crops after streams dried up.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-20 17:26

Employers to compensate bike commuters for accidents

People who walk, ride a bicycle, drive or take public transportation to work will receive compensation for accidents that occur while commuting starting next year. Currently, only people who take a commuter bus provided by their company are compensated when they are injured on their way to and from work.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-20 15:32

67 'deadly' hot days to scorch Seoul in 2100: study

Over 60 days of “deadly heat” will hit Seoul in 2100 unless global greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, according to American research. Camilo Mora and others from the University of Hawaii at Manoa make the prediction in a paper that online journal Nature Climate Change published on June 19.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-20 13:45

Moon vows to scrap all plans for new nuclear reactors

President Moon Jae-in vowed Monday to scrap all existing plans for new nuclear power plants and not to extend the operation of any aged reactors nearing the end of their initial life cycles. "In the lead-up to the presidential election, I promised to make a safe Republic of Korea," the president said in a ceremony in Busan, marking the permanent shutdown of the country's firs...

Labor & environment | 2017-06-19 13:48

Nation's first nuke reactor Kori 1 shuts down

Gunsan's bioreactor plan faces backlash

A bioreactor plan in Gunsan that would use wood pellets has met with a backlash from protesters worried about environmental hazards. The protest targeted Korea Midland Power’s plan to build the 200 megawatt reactor over 66,000 square meters inside Gunsan National Industrial Complex No.2 in North Jeolla Province.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-19 13:36

Ozone warnings follow fine dust threat

Shortly after foggy fine dust across Korea subsided towards spring’s end, with contamination level staying “normal” for weeks, ozone warnings are increasing. On June 16 and 17, the warnings were issued in Seoul and Gyeonggi, Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces, where ozone density was 0.12 parts per million (ppm) or above per hour.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-18 17:11

Citizens fear that misplaced fine dust detectors may be inaccurate

More than 80 percent of fine dust detectors in Gyeonggi Province are installed wrongly, with citizens fearing the readings may be unreliable. Of 73 detectors, including seven ground-level ones next to roads, 52 are at heights between 11 and 20 meters and seven are between 21 and 30 meters, according to the Gyeonggi Health and Environment Research Center.

Labor & environment | 2017-06-18 16:57

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