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Fine dust-clogged Seoul now wants ideas from citizens

The South Korean government has turned to the people to gather ideas about preventing fine-dust air pollution that often plagues the country.

Labor & environment | 2018-05-10 15:29

Korean Air workers to hold another protest against founding family

Hundreds of Korean Air Lines Co. employees plan to stage another rally this weekend against the founding family members accused of abuses and assaults on company staff, the organizing group announced Thursday.

Labor & environment | 2018-05-10 11:38

CCTVs to be installed to ambulances

Amid growing ambulance vandalism, the National Fire Agency (NFA) plans to come up with countermeasures such as equipping emergency vehicles with closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and issuing wearable cameras to firefighters and rescue workers. The plan comes days after a female firefighter died of a stroke believed to be linked to stress from verbal and physical abuse she suffered from a drunken man. As a result, the fire agency vowed a zero tolerance policy against attacks on them, Thursday.

Labor & environment | 2018-05-04 18:05

Young workers tend to leave the office on time: data

Younger employees tend to leave work on time compared to their older colleagues, data showed Thursday, suggesting that young people care about maintaining a balance between their jobs and personal lives. The findings are part of an analysis by BC Card Co. of 210,000 customers' credit card usage patterns for six months from September last year. The customers were office worker...

Labor & environment | 2018-05-03 21:18

To bee or not to bee: Urban bees all the buzz

Urban Bees Seoul CEO Park Jin was the only person in South Korea who took action after bees were decimated in 2010 when the central government forced beekeepers to destroy hives after a nationwide sacbrood virus outbreak.

Labor & environment | 2018-05-03 09:46

Ozone threat off radar

As fine dust is becoming an overwhelming public health challenge in Korea, dealing with rising ozone levels that cause serious respiratory problems has been put on the backburner. According to the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Wednesday, 26 ozone alerts have been issued since the first one this year on April 19. In particular, cities in the northern reg...

Labor & environment | 2018-05-02 18:09

Fine dust negatively affects pregnant women

The National Cancer Center revealed Sunday that not only does fine dust affect pregnant women, but also influences in vitro fertilization (IVF). IVF is a fertilization technique where the embryo is conceived in a test tube. The cancer center has been studying over 4,851, women who gave birth through IVF from 2006 to 2014 at CHA Gangnam Medical Center in Seoul.

Labor & environment | 2018-04-29 18:28

Pohang earthquake may have been caused by geothermal power plant: report

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake that struck South Korea's southeastern city of Pohang may have been caused by a geothermal power plant located adjacent to the city, a research report said Friday.

Labor & environment | 2018-04-27 13:44

Environment ministry seeking to boost recyclability

The environment ministry has unveiled a system assessing recyclability of products to increase their reuse. Under the three-year initiative from 2018 to 2020, the Ministry of Environment checks deterrents to recycling products when they are discarded and admonish manufacturers to improve problems from the design phase. The ministry put the four-stage assessment system to work Wednesday.

Labor & environment | 2018-04-25 17:26

Korea to create 100,000 jobs in health sector by 2022

South Korea aims to create 100,000 new jobs in the bio-health sector by 2022 through robust R&D support that will improve quality of life for many people in the country, the government said Wednesday. Under the plan finalized by a presidential committee, the Moon Jae-in administration is striving to increase the country's "healthy life" expectancy from 73 in 2015 to 76 in 202...

Labor & environment | 2018-04-25 16:29

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