The Korea Times
amn_close.png
amn_bl.png
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
amn_bl.png
Business
  • Tech
  • Bio
  • Companies
  • World Expo 2030
amn_bl.png
Finance
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Markets
  • Cryptocurrency
amn_bl.png
Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Thoughts of the Times
  • Cartoon
  • Today in History
  • Blogs
  • Tribune Service
  • Blondie & Garfield
  • Letter to the Editor
amn_bl.png
Lifestyle
  • Travel & Food
  • Trends
  • People & Events
  • Books
  • Around Town
  • Fortune Telling
amn_bl.png
Entertainment & Arts
  • K-pop
  • Films
  • Shows & Dramas
  • Music
  • Theater & Others
amn_bl.png
Sports
  • Hangzhou Asian Games
amn_bl.png
World
  • SCMP
  • Asia
amn_bl.png
Video
  • Korean Storytellers
  • POPKORN
  • Culture
  • People
  • News
amn_bl.png
Photos
  • Photo News
  • Darkroom
amn_NK.png amn_DR.png amn_LK.png amn_LE.png
  • bt_fb_on_2022.svgbt_fb_over_2022.svg
  • bt_X_on_2023.svgbt_X_over_2023.svg
  • bt_youtube_on_2022.svgbt_youtube_over_2022.svg
  • bt_instagram_on_2022.svgbt_instagram_over_2022.svg
The Korea Times
amn_close.png
amn_bl.png
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
amn_bl.png
Business
  • Tech
  • Bio
  • Companies
  • World Expo 2030
amn_bl.png
Finance
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Markets
  • Cryptocurrency
amn_bl.png
Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Thoughts of the Times
  • Cartoon
  • Today in History
  • Blogs
  • Tribune Service
  • Blondie & Garfield
  • Letter to the Editor
amn_bl.png
Lifestyle
  • Travel & Food
  • Trends
  • People & Events
  • Books
  • Around Town
  • Fortune Telling
amn_bl.png
Entertainment & Arts
  • K-pop
  • Films
  • Shows & Dramas
  • Music
  • Theater & Others
amn_bl.png
Sports
  • Hangzhou Asian Games
amn_bl.png
World
  • SCMP
  • Asia
amn_bl.png
Video
  • Korean Storytellers
  • POPKORN
  • Culture
  • People
  • News
amn_bl.png
Photos
  • Photo News
  • Darkroom
amn_NK.png amn_DR.png amn_LK.png amn_LE.png
  • bt_fb_on_2022.svgbt_fb_over_2022.svg
  • bt_X_on_2023.svgbt_X_over_2023.svg
  • bt_youtube_on_2022.svgbt_youtube_over_2022.svg
  • bt_instagram_on_2022.svgbt_instagram_over_2022.svg
  • Login
  • Register
  • Login
  • Register
  • The Korea Times
  • search
  • all menu
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Photos
  • Video
  • World
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment & Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Finance
  • Business
  • National
  • North Korea
  • 1

    Seoul Metro begins real-time translation service for foreign tourists at Myeong-dong Station

  • 3

    INTERVIEWEcolab helps Korean partners profit from ESG management

  • 5

    Korean economy to start shrinking by 2050 if low birthrate unaddressed: BOK report

  • 7

    Young K-pop couple Choi Min-hwan, Yulhee announce divorce

  • 9

    INTERVIEWMirinae Lee's '8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster' offers fresh perspective on Korean history

  • 11

    NK warns 'physical clash, war' on Korean Peninsula a matter of time, not possibility

  • 13

    No. of elementary school freshmen expected to drop below 400,000 next year

  • 15

    Korean battery firms face higher costs for access to US subsidies

  • 17

    Spaniard accused of helping N. Korea evade US sanctions arrested

  • 19

    Korea on alert over another urea shortage crisis

  • 2

    Ronaldo walks off to chants of 'Messi! Messi!' as his team loses 3-0 in Riyadh derby

  • 4

    JYP to host annual audition in January

  • 6

    Son-dol: a cold day for a ferryman and a merchant

  • 8

    Space race heats up between two Koreas after Seoul launches spy satellite

  • 10

    ANALYSISHas N. Korean leader's daughter been confirmed as heir apparent?

  • 12

    INTERVIEW'Lifeline for migrant workers in Korea' - Rev. Kim fights for foreign employees' rights

  • 14

    Uncertainty lingers over Ven. Jaseung's death

  • 16

    Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra dazzles audience at Korea International Festival

  • 18

    INTERVIEWKorea to work with US, Japan to fight climate change

  • 20

    Go Dae-su: Queen Min's giant female bodyguard

Close scrollclosebutton

Close for 24 hours

Open
  • The Korea Times
  • search
  • all menu
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Photos
  • Video
  • World
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment & Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Finance
  • Business
  • National
  • North Korea
National
  • Forestry
Tue, December 5, 2023 | 23:56
All state-operated vehicles to go emission-free
Posted : 2022-10-19 15:54
Updated : 2022-10-19 16:05
Ko Dong-hwan
Print PreviewPrint Preview
Font Size UpFont Size Up
Font Size DownFont Size Down
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • kakaolink
  • whatsapp
  • reddit
  • mailto
  • link
Electric vehicles are being driven by public workers of Yeonggwang County Government and local university students in a South Jeolla provincial county parade during the Yeonggwang e-Mobility Expo held in the county on Oct 14. Yeonggwang Mayor Kang Jong-man is in a small black farming truck at the head of the parade. Other participating vehicles were designed by the students. Courtesy of Yeonggwang County Government
Electric vehicles are being driven by public workers of Yeonggwang County Government and local university students in a South Jeolla provincial county parade during the Yeonggwang e-Mobility Expo held in the county on Oct 14. Yeonggwang Mayor Kang Jong-man is in a small black farming truck at the head of the parade. Other participating vehicles were designed by the students. Courtesy of Yeonggwang County Government

By Ko Dong-hwan

The government has intensified its environmental regulation obligations, forcing public entities and public institutions to replace their entire fleets, which currently use internal combustion engines, with emission-free vehicles.

The Ministry of Environment on Wednesday announced a set of regulatory measures under the country's Clean Air Conservation Act. One of the measures enforces all Cabinet ministries, municipal governments and state-run companies to equip themselves 100 percent with Class 1 Low-Emission vehicles ― which comprise electric, solar power and fuel-cell vehicles. State vehicles are either owned or leased by the government and public institutions.

The revision has ramped up the intensity of the country's vehicle management regulation in that the Class 1 vehicle requirement has so far called for just 80 percent of the nation's entire fleet of state-operated vehicles to satisfy the requirement. Conditions that have been in force so far also allowed the government and public institutions a broader range of options to choose from, such as Class 1 vehicles to hybrid models, under Class 2 and those running on internal combustion engines with controlled emission pollutants, which are under Class 3.

The Air Quality Policy Bureau and Climate Change and Carbon Neutral Policy Office under the ministry, which jointly pushed forward the latest measures, said that the new conditions will be promoted to public workers nationwide for the next 40 days starting Thursday, before officially kicking into practice.

The ministry has introduced the new requirement so that public workers can better apply the measures so as to reduce national carbon emissions and make the country's air cleaner.

"We wanted to have our public servants take the lead in improving air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing or renting emission-free vehicles," said Park Yeon-jae, chief of the Air Quality Policy Bureau. "This will also be an opportunity for the ministry to carefully and rationally revise the law and thus reduce the incoherent gap between what our policies require and how they are practiced in reality."

The measures come after the country's automobile market and infrastructure have steadily grown in favor of emission-free vehicles. There were only eight electric car models available in the country in 2018 but the figure jumped to 55 in 2021 and is expected to reach 81 by the end of this year. As to battery rechargers for electric cars that are set up across the country, they numbered 27,352 in 2018 but expanded to over 106,000 in 2021 and over 160,000 as of October this year.

In the last year alone, the government and public institutions altogether purchased or rented 7,458 vehicles. Among them, low-emission vehicles accounted for 93 percent and emission-free vehicles 74 percent. The ministry said that following the latest measure, the number of emission-free vehicles operated by the country's public workers will increase greatly.


Emailaoshima11@koreatimes.co.kr Article ListMore articles by this reporter
 
wooribank
LG group
Top 10 Stories
1Seoul Metro begins real-time translation service for foreign tourists at Myeong-dong Station Seoul Metro begins real-time translation service for foreign tourists at Myeong-dong Station
2[INTERVIEW] Mirinae Lee's '8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster' offers fresh perspective on Korean history INTERVIEWMirinae Lee's '8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster' offers fresh perspective on Korean history
3Korea on alert over another urea shortage crisis Korea on alert over another urea shortage crisis
4Go Dae-su: Queen Min's giant female bodyguardGo Dae-su: Queen Min's giant female bodyguard
5N. Korean hacker group Andariel steals S. Korean defense secrets N. Korean hacker group Andariel steals S. Korean defense secrets
6Park Sae-eun receives French order of merit Park Sae-eun receives French order of merit
7Samsung's sports marketing called into question after Bluewings' relegation Samsung's sports marketing called into question after Bluewings' relegation
8President names new finance, land ministers in Cabinet shake-up President names new finance, land ministers in Cabinet shake-up
9Will Seoul's new transportation services improve convenience for commuters? Will Seoul's new transportation services improve convenience for commuters?
10Debate grows over broadening of state insurance coverage for drug rehabilitation Debate grows over broadening of state insurance coverage for drug rehabilitation
Top 5 Entertainment News
1Young K-pop couple Choi Min-hwan, Yulhee announce divorce Young K-pop couple Choi Min-hwan, Yulhee announce divorce
2'Single's Inferno' is back with most interesting season, producer says 'Single's Inferno' is back with most interesting season, producer says
3Popular talk show 'Strong Heart' returns with new format Popular talk show 'Strong Heart' returns with new format
4How Lee Ung-no pioneered East-West fusion through brushstrokes How Lee Ung-no pioneered East-West fusion through brushstrokes
5[REVIEW] Preview gala sets stage for grand premiere of 'La Rose de Versailles' musical REVIEWPreview gala sets stage for grand premiere of 'La Rose de Versailles' musical
DARKROOM
  • It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

  • 2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC

    2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC

  • Appreciation of autumn colors

    Appreciation of autumn colors

  • Our children deserve better

    Our children deserve better

  • Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into war

    Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into war

  • Turkey-Syria earthquake

    Turkey-Syria earthquake

  • Nepal plane crash

    Nepal plane crash

  • Brazil capital uprising

    Brazil capital uprising

  • Happy New Year 2023

    Happy New Year 2023

  • World Cup 2022 Final - Argentina vs France

    World Cup 2022 Final - Argentina vs France

CEO & Publisher: Oh Young-jin
Digital News Email: webmaster@koreatimes.co.kr
Tel: 02-724-2114
Online newspaper registration No: 서울,아52844
Date of registration: 2020.02.05
Masthead: The Korea Times
Copyright © koreatimes.co.kr. All rights reserved.
  • About Us
  • Introduction
  • History
  • Contact Us
  • Products & Services
  • Subscribe
  • E-paper
  • RSS Service
  • Content Sales
  • Site Map
  • Policy
  • Code of Ethics
  • Ombudsman
  • Privacy Statement
  • Terms of Service
  • Copyright Policy
  • Family Site
  • Hankook Ilbo
  • Dongwha Group