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Sat, February 27, 2021 | 07:17
Retired biology teacher fights for wetland conservation
Retired biology teacher fights for wetland conservation
Park June-log is a retired high school biology teacher from Busan who is passionate about conserving wetlands in the city and protecting the migratory bird species that visit them.
2020-03-27 16:31
No more plastic packaging
No more plastic packaging
Greenpeace activists protesting single-use plastic bags hold a banner calling for Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin to make efforts to reduce plastic packaging waste in front of E-Mart's headquarters in Seoul, Thursday. / Yonhap
2020-03-26 16:46
Air quality picking up in quarantined countries
Air quality picking up in quarantined countries
Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change. Images by the US space agency NASA are clear, in February the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) fell dramatically in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, passing from an indicator that was red/orange to blue. NO2 is mai...
2020-03-22 14:45
Fine dust emissions down 40% on coal plant cap
Fine dust emissions down 40% on coal plant cap
South Korea's fine dust emissions from coal-fired power plants fell 40 percent on-year over the winter season, data showed Tuesday, after the country scaled down the operations of such plants. Emissions of fine dust from local coal plants reached 3,212 tons over the December-February period, down from 5,320 tons from the same period a year earlier, according to the data compi...
2020-03-17 13:48
'Fukushima's radioactive water discharge is important to Koreans'
'Fukushima's radioactive water discharge is important to Koreans'
Shaun Burnie, a senior nuclear specialist at Greenpeace Germany, has been working in Fukushima since 1997 to stop the operation of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, with much of his time based in Japan.
2020-03-15 10:31
Korea's jobless rate at 4.1% in February, 492,000 jobs created
Korea's jobless rate at 4.1% in February, 492,000 jobs created
South Korea's jobless rate fell in February, and job additions came to 492,000, marking the third straight month of job creation of over 400,000, data showed Wednesday.
2020-03-11 09:53
Greenpeace warns of high radiation levels at Olympic venues in Fukushima
Greenpeace warns of high radiation levels at Olympic venues in Fukushima
A new survey shows that radiation hot spots are still being found in Fukushima, Japan, which is supposed to be a host of part of the Olympic torch relay and several sporting events this summer, according to Greenpeace, Tuesday.
2020-03-10 16:12
Japan's plan for radioactive water defies international law
Japan's plan for radioactive water defies international law
Millions of tons of highly contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi being discharged into the Pacific Ocean not only poses a threat to humans and the environment, but also raises questions on how the decision by the Japanese government relates to international law.
2020-03-09 08:38
'By changing legislation, we were able to change minds, hearts'
'By changing legislation, we were able to change minds, hearts'
Women in Norway comprise an average of 45.2 percent of the board members of all listed companies in the country.
2020-03-06 21:41
[INTERVIEW] Small, populated, windy Korea vulnerable to major bushfires
[INTERVIEW] Small, populated, windy Korea vulnerable to major bushfires
If there is a lesson to be learned from Australia's horrendous bushfires, it is that a bushfire, combined with enough fuel, wind and oxygen, can become humanly unstoppable. And a disaster similar to that in Australia - which since June 2019 has burnt almost 19 million hectares of forest in the southeastern states, killed about 1 billion wild animals and more than 30 people an...
2020-02-28 18:04
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