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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government plans to supply 3.85 million eco-friendly cars by 2030.The Ministry of Environment will increase the number of eco-friendly cars (electric and hydrogen cars) to 105,000 by the end of the year, 497,000 by 2022 and 3.85 million by 2030 and will increase the demand a
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2019.01.24 08:36
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment and the Korea Environment Corporation announced on January 22 that they will expand the scope of support for projects for reducing greenhouse gas emission of participating companies in the Emission Trading System from small and medium-sized companies
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2019.01.23 10:59
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Rural Development Administration announced its plan for 2019 on January 21 and said that it will innovate on agricultural technology with eight tasks such as smart farming and do its best to produce results that farmers and the public feel.The eight major tasks include devel
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2019.01.22 08:38
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Forest Service singed a MOU with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) on January 16 to promote joint forest cooperation in developing countries.The agreement is designed to facilitate mutual cooperation between the two organizations, including the Nationally Determ
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2019.01.21 10:16
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment will hold an '2019 Eco-friendly Vehicle Supply Policy Meeting' on January 18 and introduce policies on supplying environmentally friendly cars and building charging facilities this year.The Ministry of Environment plans to provide subsidies fo
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2019.01.18 10:23
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The 23rd Korea-China Joint Committee on Environmental Cooperation will be held from January 23 to 24 in Seoul to discuss ways to strengthen environmental cooperation between the two countries.At the meeting, the two countries will discuss issues and concerns in the environment,
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2019.01.17 10:00
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Rural Development Administration found microorganisms in the soil that can break down seven types of organophosphorus insecticide.Organophosphorus insecticide is the most widely used insecticide in the world and more than 100 species are commercially available. Organophospho
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2019.01.15 12:26
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment refuted some of the claims that diesel cars would be advantageous because greenhouse gases are produced less than gasoline cars although diesel cars emit more fine dust than gasoline cars and that artificial reduction of diesel cars would be difficult
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2019.01.14 09:26
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government plans to proactively manage areas where the water storage rate is relatively low to prepare for the volatility of precipitation, and to maintain a regular drought management system with related ministries.Based on the 2019 drought comprehensive measures, the gover
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2019.01.11 08:38
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment announced that a revised bill on the Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Act that establishes the emission standard of diesel-powered railway vehicles will be announced for 40 days from January 10.When the enforcement rules are amended, ne
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2019.01.10 08:44
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a meeting of the renewable energy industry and explained the major contents of the draft to strengthen the competitiveness of the renewable energy industry, which is currently being prepared, and listened to opinions from industrie
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2019.01.09 08:40
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea National Park Service said that it will designate a total of nine places, including one of the Odaesan National Park, one of the Deogyusan National Park, one of the Sobaeksan National Park, one of the Byeonsanbando National Park, and five of the Dadohaehaesang National
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2019.01.08 08:53
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Democratic Party lawmaker Jeon Hyun-hee announced that she proposed a revision bill of the Act on Promotion of Purchase of Green Products to encourage public institutions to buy green products.Under the current law, public institutions are required to purchase green products to
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2019.01.07 08:42
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment said that 74 wetlands have been lost and 91 have decreased in size after a research with the National Wetlands Center over the past three years.The result of the survey is based on an analysis of the results of the 2nd national inland wetland basic re
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2019.01.04 08:51
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] It is not allowed to use disposable plastic bags in supermarkets over 165 ㎡in size, including over 2,000 large-sized marts nationwide.The Ministry of Environment announced that a revised bill on the Enforcement Rules of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resourc
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2019.01.03 08:56
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that eight new cars manufactured and sold in Korea over the past year met all standards for indoor air quality management.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has evaluated and managed the indoor air qual
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2019.01.02 10:51
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment announced that it will start recruiting applicants for the ‘Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) one-ton truck conversion project’ from December 26 to January 18 next year.The project is to pay an additional 4 million won in addition to an early disposal subsid
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2019.01.01 14:38
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] PLS (Positive List System) for pesticide will be implemented from January 1 of 2019.PLS is a system that sets and manages residual acceptance criteria for agricultural chemicals registered in Korea and abroad for agricultural products, and 0.01ppm is applied uniformly for pestic
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2018.12.31 21:16
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Rural Development Administration will hold an ‘2018 Comprehensive Report on Rural Development Projects’ to share the achievements of agriculture R&D and technology distribution of this year on December 27.About 1,000 people will attend the meeting, including farmers, industr
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2018.12.27 09:46
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that all cigarette packs released from December 23 will be marked with new warning images and phrases.The government changes the warning pictures as part of its efforts to raise the warning effects of smoking as two years have passed
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2018.12.26 10:29