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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 17:58

Cold wave warnings issued across Korea; Seoul witnesses coldest day

Cold wave warnings issued across Korea; Seoul witnesses coldest day

Cold wave warnings were issued across Korea on Wednesday as the country came under the grip of the season's coldest weather, authorities said.

2023-01-25 10:00

Bone-chilling weather grips nation

Bone-chilling weather grips nation

“It feels like we're in Siberia,” numerous weather reports claimed Tuesday. This isn't a big exaggeration, as the blustering northwesterly winds from the brutally cold Russian territory hit the Korean Peninsula hard, plunging the entire country into frigid conditions. Tuesday marks the coldest day recorded in Korea so far this winter, according to the Korea Meteorological Adm...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-01-24 16:17

PHOTOSCold wave warning issued across Korea

Seoul in 2022 records clearest sky since 2008

Seoul in 2022 records clearest sky since 2008

In hindsight, the sky over Seoul in 2022 was at its cleanest in more than a decade, according to the city government. And the record, the authority said, will improve further and reach the level of advanced cities around the world.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-01-24 13:42

Coldest day of season grips Korea on last day of Lunar New Year holiday

Coldest day of season grips Korea on last day of Lunar New Year holiday

The coldest day of the season gripped Korea on Tuesday, with morning lows dropping to minus 16.4 degrees C in Seoul and to minus 25.5 C in the northern county of Cheorwon, the state weather agency said.

2023-01-24 10:16

PHOTOSCold wave warning issued across Korea

Cold wave warnings issued across Korea as heavy snowfalls expected in southern regions

Cold wave warnings issued across Korea as heavy snowfalls expected in southern regions

Cold wave alerts will be issued for most parts of the country Monday as the capital and central parts of the country come under the grip of the season's coldest weather.

2023-01-23 13:50

300 won in cashable points to be provided for every cafe beverage bought in reusable cups

300 won in cashable points to be provided for every cafe beverage bought in reusable cups

Consumers will be given 300 won ($0.24) in cashable points for every beverage they buy in a reusable cup at cafes, the environment ministry said Sunday, as part of a new waste-reduction program.

2023-01-22 09:18

Top firms invest big in environment, safety in 2022

Top firms invest big in environment, safety in 2022

Major Korean companies spent more than 5 trillion won ($4.04 billion) in 2022 to help cut air pollution and promote workplace safety as part of their so-called environment, social and governance (ESG) management, a report said Wednesday.

2023-01-18 09:46

Jeju islanders welcome waste incinerators in their backyards

Jeju islanders welcome waste incinerators in their backyards

JEJU - While Seoul's plan to build a new trash incinerator in the western district of Mapo has been sparking protests from residents since last year, a similar plan on Jeju Island has developed into a very different course of action: Islanders are welcoming with open arms the construction of landfill facilities and several districts competed with each other to have them right...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-01-17 17:20

Ultrafine dust level reaches 'bad' only on 17 days last year

Ultrafine dust level reaches 'bad' only on 17 days last year

The level of ultrafine dust was bad or worse only on 17 days last year, the lowest on record, thanks to lower dust levels in China, the environment ministry said Monday.

2023-01-16 10:21

Nuke safety review still under way on Japan's plan to release contaminated water

Nuke safety review still under way on Japan's plan to release contaminated water

A top Korean official stressed that a nuclear safety review process has not yet finished for Japan's planned release of contaminated water from its hobbled Fukushima Daiichi plant into the sea.

2023-01-15 13:53

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