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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to provide image-based summary of the national code of conduct for each type of disaster safety so that everyone can easily understand and practice.The Ministry of the Interior and Safety produced 25 types of image-based code of cond
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2018.09.27 14:06
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center under the Ministry of Environment announced that the total greenhouse gas emissions of Korea in 2016 were set at 694.1 million tons, an increase of 0.2% from the previous year.Energy accounts for 87.1% of the national greenhouse g
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2018.09.21 10:35
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The National Institute of Environmental Research, which is part of the Ministry of Environment, said it will strengthen wild bird avian influenza (AI) surveillance for 33 major habitats for migratory birds nationwide.About 1 million winter birds, including geese and ducks, fly f
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2018.09.20 10:12
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation (SL Corporation) has decided to bring in all household waste on September 26 during the Chuseok holiday this year.The measure will take place for five days from September 22 to 26, for the purpose of removing waste from the metro
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2018.09.19 08:38
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The 1st Fine Dust & Air Industry Fair to introduce the latest technologies related to fine dust and indoor and outdoor air quality, and to help small and medium-sized Korean companies find promising fine dust technologies and advance into foreign markets will be held from Septem
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2018.09.17 17:44
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] When the heat wave peaked in August this year, all of the urban infrastructure except forests showed a high Physiologically Equivalent Temperature(PET).Generally, when the weather is hot, gray infrastructure such as residential area has high heat stress index and green infrastru
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2018.09.16 14:16
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment announced that it would revise the Enforcement Decree of the Clean Air Conservation Act to strengthen the management of sites that generate high concentrations of fugitive dust.The amendment will be applied from 2019 to the construction sites and powe
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2018.09.13 09:04
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment said that in order to reduce the unnecessary cost burden of consumers due to over packaging and to prevent waste of resources, the 17 cities and provinces across the country will intensively check excessive packaging ahead of the Chuseok holidays.The
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2018.09.12 09:04
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Green Foundation said that it will hold the ‘2018 Vegetarian Film Festival’ at the Seoul Theater from the 29th to the 30th.The Korea Green Foundation is a private foundation for public interest established in 2002 to promote environmental issues as the most urgent and
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2018.09.11 09:30
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Three people were killed and injured in a carbon dioxide leak at Samsung's Giheung plant, and chemical accidents are steadily occurring every year.According to data submitted to the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee from the Ministry of Environment, 510 chemical accidents o
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2018.09.10 16:05
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The APEC Climate Center conducted the "APEC Climate Center Climate Prediction Techniques and Climate Information Service Training Course" for 17 weather and climate workers in 16 developing countries around the world from August 30 to September 5.This training was conducted as
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2018.09.09 20:37
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea National Arboretum of the Korea Forest Service will hold a practical workshop on the restoration (re-introduction) of rare plants in order to lead the stable preservation activities of rare plants for three days starting from September 5.As part of the National Arboret
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2018.09.06 09:32
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment signed an agreement with the Korea Consumer Agency, which aims at creating a consumer culture that considers future generations by reducing the use of disposable products.The Ministry of Environment and the Korea Consumer Agency plan to cooperate in v
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2018.09.05 09:41
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government fine dust R&D consultative body said that it will hold a Korea Fine Dust R&D Expert Forum on October 10 and 11.The consultative body was formed in May by 11 organizations related to R&D of fine dust to find ways to solve fundamental problems of fine dust based on
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2018.09.04 10:54
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to expand and designate wetland conservation areas in Seocheon mudflat in Chungcheongnam-do, Gochang mudflat in Jeollabuk-do, Shinan mudflat in Jeollanam-do, and Boseong mudflat in September.The government has designated mudflats that a
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2018.09.03 10:21
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment said that it has recalled 21 products from 17 companies from the market that have exceeded the standards for harmful substances or have not been subjected to self-inspection.These products were designated as harmful products under the Act on Registrat
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2018.09.03 10:21
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked for compliance with the anti-inflammatory disease prevention rules as the percentage of patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis has increased significantly recently.The proportion of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis pat
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2018.08.30 09:17
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of the Environment's budget for next year grew 3.7 percent (269.7 billion won) from the previous year to 7.58 trillion won.The next year budget plan of the Ministry of Environment is based on changed policy conditions and rising public demand for environment imp
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2018.08.29 12:57
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] In order to reduce the number of deaths in traffic accidents that occur more than 4,000 people every year, a law to lower the speed limit of cars in urban areas will be promoted.Shin Chang-hyun, a lawmaker for the Democratic Party, proposed an amendment to the Road Traffic Act,
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2018.08.28 08:49
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment announced that it will operate a joint help desk from Aug. 28 for supporting the industry in relation to the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.The event was organized as the Act on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing was enacted from A
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2018.08.27 08:46