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Labor & Environment

Wed, May 12, 2021 | 16:39

Environment minister bets on drones to protect dams

Environment Minister Cho Myung-rae has called for strengthening the maintenance of the country's aging dams using drones and other state-of-the-art technologies of the fourth industrial revolution.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-07 17:03

10 Korean firms accused of 'ignoring' calls for proof of plastic waste reduction

Ten Korean manufacturers that agreed with the central government to reduce plastic waste two years ago have “ignored” environmental activists' recent call to release their status reports, raising suspicion of non-adherence.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-07 14:22

New waste reduction pact binds Korea's 30 major factories

A new waste reduction pact has brought together 30 major company manufacturing sites in Korea under the central government's agreement for a trial starting this month.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-05 15:58

Which state-run firms will follow Incheon airport operator

Employees of state-owned companies are keeping a close watch on their employers' hiring plans, raising concerns over the possibility that their companies could be the next to directly hire subcontracted workers after Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) announced its decision to do so.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-07-02 16:57

New fungus boosts Korea's development of 'plastic-chewing' biotech

Korean university and national laboratory researchers have discovered a fungus that advances the country's research into plastic-decomposing biotechnology. Chonnam National University professor Lee Hyang-burm's team and the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) under the Ministry of Environment discovered the mucor last year.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-02 16:13

Newly discovered heat-enduring micro-organisms to give Korea's biotech a boost

Cheorwon theme park threatens Korea's largest crane habitat: activists

Environmental activists have lodged an ecological destruction claim against Cheorwon County in Gangwon Province, claiming a theme park under construction will affect the country's largest red-crowned crane habitat and other endangered species. The county government denied the accusation.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-02 09:40

Plastic waste imports banned in Korea amid mounting local trash

To cope with mounting local plastic wastes, the Korean central government on June 30 put a break to importing several plastic waste categories mostly used in the country.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-30 14:44

Pandemic leaves small Korean firms short of migrant workers

Small to medium companies (SMEs) in Korea, relying heavily on migrant labor, are short of workers due to COVID-19, a survey shows. According to 1,062 local SMEs that applied this year to the central government for more foreign workers with E-9 working visas for unprofessional labor, 52 percent responded to the Korea Federation of SMEs' survey that their production pipelines w...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-29 17:17

Controversial Beluga whale surfing bites Geoje Sea World

Geoje Sea World faces its worst crisis since opening in 2014 as animal activists and citizens condemn how it has been abusing ecologically vulnerable Beluga whales to entertain customers - including allowing visitors to surf aboard the animals.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-29 17:07

From mushrooms to wormwoods, gov't taps biomaterials as 'most futuristic' asset

Korean environment minister Cho Myung-rae said the government is betting on biomaterial technologies as a key future sustainable asset. He made the comment after visiting a cosmetics research and manufacturing firm in Seongnam that uses biomaterials as ingredients, Thursday.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-26 15:15

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