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Sat, February 27, 2021 | 06:41

Korean-made geostationary environment-monitoring satellite successfully launched

Korean-made geostationary environment-monitoring satellite successfully launched

The world's first geostationary environment-monitoring satellite, built by South Korea, has been successfully launched, the country's state-run aerospace research institute said Wednesday.

2020-02-19 10:35

Labor ministry opens salary comparison website

Labor ministry opens salary comparison website

The government on Tuesday launched a salary comparison website for domestic corporate workers as part of efforts to ease wage disparities in the private sector, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said. The ministry said its wage information system (www.wage.go.kr) discloses detailed salary brackets of private sector employees by six criteria - corporate size, type of busine...

2020-02-18 13:56

News anchor ignites debate on going braless

News anchor ignites debate on going braless

MBC's news anchor Lim Hyun-ju has ignited a debate about women going braless in public places that started after she appeared on live TV without a bra and spoke openly about it.

2020-02-17 16:00

[INTERVIEW] 'Inter-Korea border region lost real wilderness': German ecologist

[INTERVIEW] 'Inter-Korea border region lost real wilderness': German ecologist

German economist Bernhard Seliger, who turned to helping North Korea with ecological improvement and related capacity building, has been monitoring the inter-Korean border region closely. What he has recently witnessed from the region's southern side has been concerning ― signs of agro-industrial development that destroys natural preservation.

2020-02-14 17:33

Removing protest tents

Removing protest tents

Jongno district officials and contract workers remove protest tents and other facilities set up by labor unions and other groups near Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Thursday. The district office decided to take action in response to noise complaints from local residents. Yonhap

2020-02-13 16:45

Pastor-turned activist fights for environment

Pastor-turned activist fights for environment

Choi Byoung-sung, 58, is a pastor but known more for his two-decade long environmental activism work.

2020-02-13 16:39

Environment minister faces backlash for bashing ice fishing festival

Environment minister faces backlash for bashing ice fishing festival

Environment Minister Cho Myung-rae is facing a growing backlash from residents in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, for criticizing a regional ice fishing festival, according to officials at Hwacheon County Office, Monday.

2020-02-10 16:58

'Frog ladders' save creatures, focus on DMZ ecology

'Frog ladders' save creatures, focus on DMZ ecology

A new contraption at Baengnyeongdo Island began saving frogs and other amphibians by giving them an escape route to a concrete-walled ditch. It wasn't just out of an ecological concern - but natural preservation along the inter-Korean border regions.

2020-02-04 17:12

[INTERVIEW] 'Inter-Korea border region lost real wilderness': German ecologist

Korea eases rules on extended work hours

Korea eases rules on extended work hours

South Korea introduced a new regulation Friday allowing an exemption from the 52-hour workweek restriction for institutes involved in crucial research projects or companies that see workloads unexpectedly surge. The Ministry of Employment and Labor proclaimed the revised enforcement rule of the Labor Standards Act, which loosened the requirements for granting special extended...

2020-01-31 13:22

Warm waters, moving fish, typhoons: spotting climate change in Korea

Warm waters, moving fish, typhoons: spotting climate change in Korea

Every year, Gongji stream in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, completely freezes over by early January. Except it hasn't this year. There are thin sheets of ice here and there but the stream mostly flows on, says Gangwon district weather station

2020-01-24 11:58

Warming climate puts Korea under insect invasions

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