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Thu, January 28, 2021 | 22:52
Snow brings cold
Snow brings cold
A person walks in front of Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, when a heavy snow advisory was issued for Seoul and northern Gyeonggi Province. Following the snowfall, the mercury dropped sharply across the country, with morning lows in the capital expected to dip to minus 12 degrees Celsius, Friday. / Yonhap
Kang Seung-woo | 2021-01-28 18:38
Delivery workers to go on strike
Delivery workers to go on strike
Unionized delivery workers announce an indefinite strike at a press conference in front of the headquarters of Hanjin Transportation, a leading shipping services company, in Seoul, Wednesday. The union said they were taking the collective action as their companies failed to keep agreements reached last week to prevent overwork, which has led to several deaths in recent months...
Yi Whan-woo | 2021-01-27 17:43
Music industry workers urge gov't to save dying performing arts industry amid pandemic
Music industry workers urge gov't to save dying performing arts industry amid pandemic
Times have been tough for everyone since the outbreak of COVID-19 last year, but professionals in the country's small live music community have been experiencing especially severe financial difficulties. After cancellations of performances and bankruptcies of concert venues over the last year, groups of music industry workers have urged the government to come up with “realist...
Park Ji-won | 2021-01-27 10:09
[INTERVIEW] Climate change revolutionaries: Why students in Korea hit the streets
[INTERVIEW] Climate change revolutionaries: Why students in Korea hit the streets
In March 2013, a flash mob of thousands of students from elementary to high schools across South Korea performed PSY's “Gangnam Style” at Cheonggye Stream in downtown Seoul. Led by the World Wide Fund for Nature Korea (WWF), it was held to encourage people to participate in the WWF's global electricity and energy saving campaign “Earth Hour,” by turning off their lights March...
Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-01-22 09:41
Confirmation hearing of environment minister nominee
Confirmation hearing of environment minister nominee
Environment Minister nominee Rep. Han Jeoung-ae of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea speaks during her confirmation hearing at the National Assembly Environment and Labor Committee, Wednesday. Han said she would make efforts to help the nation become carbon neutral by 2050. Yonhap
Jung Da-min | 2021-01-20 22:47
Another bout of heavy snow to hit South Korea
Another bout of heavy snow to hit South Korea
Another bout of heavy snowfall has been forecast to hit South Korea later in the day and continue through Monday morning, raising the alarm over a potential traffic disturbance around morning rush hour. The Korea Meteorological Administration said the western part of the greater Seoul area and the west coast line of South Chungcheong Province will begin to see snowfall at aro...
2021-01-17 15:48
Office workers uninterested in promotion
Office workers uninterested in promotion
Chances for promotion have been regarded as one of the biggest motivations in the workplace in the past, but results of a recent survey show that this is changing.
2021-01-13 15:29
Heavy snowfall in Seoul
Heavy snowfall in Seoul
Residents wait at a bus station near Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Tuesday, as heavy snow began to fall in the afternoon. Heavy snow alerts were issued for central regions of the Korean Peninsula including the capital, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province and South Chungcheong Province, with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety warning of ice forming on roads. / Yonhap
Jun Ji-hye | 2021-01-12 16:57
Frozen: Han River iced amid prolonged cold wave
Frozen: Han River iced amid prolonged cold wave
The Han River, which runs through Seoul, was declared officially frozen on Saturday for the first time in two years, the weather agency said, as South Korea has been gripped by a severe cold wave in recent days.
2021-01-10 16:23
South Korea to phase out industrial waste imports
South Korea to phase out industrial waste imports
South Korea plans to restrict or phase out its imports of 10 kinds of industrial waste to increase the recycling of domestic waste, the Ministry of Environment said Sunday. The ministry said the importation of half of the 10 waste items, including plastic waste, mixed waste paper and coal ash, will be banned between 2022 and 2023.
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