'Earth Hour' observed in Seoul
People sit at a Starbucks Coffee shop in Seoul lit by candles on Saturday night. The global coffee brand’s domestic unit took part in the “Earth Hour” campaign designed to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Courtesy of Starbucks KoreaBy Park Jin-haiThousands of local restaurants, cafes, and office buildings including Seoul City Hall were enveloped by darkness at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Instead of electric lights, eateries used candles. This was not a blackout, but participation in the annual “Global Earth Hour Day,” organized by the World Wildlife Fund, where city councils urge local building owners and citizens to turn off lights to raise environmental awareness. This year, under the motto of “I Will If You Will,” a total of 7,000 cities in 152 countries came out to highlight the adversities of climate change. In Korea, businesses as well as local governments held a series of events to remind the public of the importance of the environment. Starbucks Korea turned off most of its electric lights in some 500 b
