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Labor & Environment

Tue, September 28, 2021 | 01:17

Migrant workers work 50 hours per week on average: report

The weekly average working hours of migrant workers in Korea is 50 hours, and female foreign workers face worse working conditions than their male counterparts, a recent report showed. A study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHSA) found that foreign laborers holding one of three categories of visa - E9 (non-professional employment visa), H2 (working vis...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-05-13 09:16

Ex-UN chief calls COVID-19 pandemic 'last warning from nature'

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be the “last warning from nature” that is urging humanity to respond ...

Jun Ji-hye | 2021-05-12 15:56

Conifer trees are dispersing pollen earlier due to climate change

Conifer trees in Korea today are beginning to disperse pollen earlier, compared to 10 years ago, according to the Korea Forest Service. The government forest research agency said Monday that the country's four most common conifer trees - Korean red pines, Korean nut pines, Korean firs and spreading yews - have begun dispersing pollen several days earlier during the past three...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-05-12 15:09

Nearly a fifth of Earth's surface transformed since 1960

Korean tidal flats receive preliminary 'defer' status as UNESCO World Heritage

The country's tidal flats received a “deferral” in a preliminary evaluation process to determine potential sites that ...

Park Ji-won | 2021-05-12 14:59

Korea tightens regulations on sales of whales

South Korea's oceans ministry on Tuesday rolled out tougher regulations on sales of whales in line with its efforts to curb illegal whaling activities in local waters.

2021-05-11 14:01

Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi continue search for new landfill site

The Seoul Capital Area Landfill in the Baekseok area of Incheon's Seo District, November 2020 / Courtesy of the Incheon City Government By Ko Dong-hwanThe governments of Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province on Monday began their second search for a new landf...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-05-10 17:43

Fukushima wastewater - unwise to create more problems

Treating complex problems as technical matters seldom works. There is no one clear answer as technical information is understood and questioned from different perspectives. At issue is how Japan should deal with the 1.25 million tons of wastewater contaminated by the meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, wrecked by the earthquake and tsunami on ...

2021-05-10 10:36

Much-awaited clear day

Citizens ride bicycles under a clear blue sky in the Han River Park on Yeouido, Seoul, Sunday, following the end of a yellow dust storm, which originated in the Gobi Desert in northern China and Mongolia, that had blanketed most of Korea including the metropolitan area from Friday...

Jun Ji-hye | 2021-05-09 17:01

Yellow dust covers almost all of Korea: fine dust advisory issued for Seoul

Almost all of South Korea was shrouded Friday by a yellow dust storm originating from the Gobi Desert in northern China and Mongolia, the state weather agency said, with a fine dust advisory issued for Seoul and central western regions. The fine dust advisory was issued for Seoul, eight cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, and six cities and co...

2021-05-07 16:02

Korea, US discuss joint responses to falling Chinese rocket debris

South Korea and the United States on Friday discussed ways to jointly respond to remnants of a Chinese rocket expected to crash into Earth this weekend, the Air Force said. The Long March 5B rocket was launched last week carrying a module of China's first permanent space station into orbit. But a large piece of debris is expected to plunge back in an uncontrolled reentry on a...

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