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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Special Act on Fine Dust has passed the National Assembly plenary session, and comprehensive measures for fine dust will be implemented at the government level.The Special Act on Fine Dust will make it possible to establish a special fine dust committee under the Prime Minis
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2018.07.30 09:55
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment and the Korea Water Resources Corporation announced that they will launch a water-resources/water-disaster medium-sized satellite project with a total project cost of about 138.4 billion won.This project is to promote measures to cope with climate cha
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2018.07.26 09:19
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) announced that the number of people suffering from heat illness this year increased by 61% (397) compared to the same period of last year.A total of 556 people have been diagnosed with heat illness from July 15 to 21, and
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2018.07.25 09:56
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) called on the public to thoroughly observe the precautionary measures for the prevention of hand-foot-and-mouth disease as the outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease has increased greatly.According to a result of analyzi
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2018.07.24 09:18
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] According to an analysis of the cause of high concentration fine dust (PM2.5) that has appeared from July 10 in Busan and Ulsan area, the National Institute of Environmental Research found out that secondary fine dust generation due to photochemical reaction occurred at the atmo
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2018.07.23 09:58
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and the Korea Meteorological Administration announced that on July 19 they signed a business agreement in order to prevent safety accidents that may occur in industrial sites when a dangerous weather occurs such as heat wave, heavy
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2018.07.20 09:46
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that it plans to allow to import the hemp products approved by foreign countries for self-treatment for rare and incurable patients such as epilepsy, which have no alternative treatment method in Korea.Currently, 'hemp' is strict
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2018.07.19 09:01
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Seoul has begun cracking down on the town buses to reduce emissions of automobiles, the main source of fine dust.Seoul City has been carrying out special crackdown on idling for 142 bus companies since July 2, as the number of cars idling in summer has increased dramatically.Aut
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2018.07.18 08:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Ministry of Environment (Minister Eun-Kyung Kim) will attend the 6th High-level Political Forum held at United Nations Headquarters (New York City, USA) from July 16th to 19th.The High-level Political Forum, which started in 2013, is a meeting held at the United Nations Headquar
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2018.07.17 10:42
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Ministry of Environment announced that the Minister of Environment, Kim Eun-kyung and Minister of Environment and Water Resources of Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding on environmental cooperation such as the water industry and climate change response, following the
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2018.07.16 10:15
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that it will improve the 'Current Weather in Major Cities' and 'Current Weather in My Town' services provided through its website by focusing on the forecast of precipitation.The current service has observed and d
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2018.07.16 08:41
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government announced a drought forecast and warning in July that it will not have any drought in the country for the time being due to the rainy season which started from the end of June and the recent storm-induced precipitation.It is expected that there will be no national
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2018.07.12 09:00
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The National Institute of Chemical Safety under the Ministry of Environment announced that it will distribute the latest version of 'CARIS 2018' through its online site (caris.me.go.kr).The CARIS (Chemical Accident Response Information System), which was first introduced
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2018.07.11 08:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that it held the 11th Korea-China Earthquake Science and Technology Cooperation Meeting on July 6, inviting China Earthquake Agency.In this meeting, ways to cooperate between Korea and China to prevent massive earthquakes on the
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2018.07.10 09:53
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Incheon Metropolitan City and Gyeonggi Province held a policy discussion to resolve the fine dust problem and agreed to strengthen cooperation.The heads of the three metropolitan governments suggested the budget increas
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2018.07.09 10:54
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment surveyed the amount of annual emissions of air pollutants from 637 plants equipped with chimney automatic measuring devices in 2017, resulting in 361,459 tons, a decrease of 40,218 tons compared to the previous year.The air pollutants measured by the
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2018.07.06 09:20
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment will hold a ‘Seoul Initiative Policy Forum’ from July 4 to 6 to promote green economy and to deal with climate change in cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).More than 130 people from do
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2018.07.04 13:48
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment signed a voluntary agreement with 2 Korean major confectionery brands, the Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, and the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements, to reduce the use of disposable products on July 2.Currently, the bakery’s free offer o
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2018.07.03 09:41
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Forest Service has announced that it has completed the planting of trees (February to May) for 20,000 hectares, which is 66 times the area of Namsan this year.The Forest Service planted 15,000 hectares of economic trees and trees for special use (lacquer tree and ori
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2018.07.02 09:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Forest Service announced the policy direction for the vitalization of woodland burials.Despite the Forest Service has been making efforts to establish and revitalize the woodland burial since the mid-2000s, the supply of public forests for the natural burial is still i
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2018.06.29 13:03