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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The amount of waste imported into Korea last year was 2.4 million tons. 2.3 million tons in 2015, 2.33 million tons in 2016, and it has been growing for three consecutive years, more than 12 times of 190,000 tons of waste exports of Korea last year. Of these, waste with harmful
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2018.06.27 09:38
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Sustainable Development Committee of the Ministry of Environment held the “Forum for National Sustainable Development Goal” in Seoul on June 21.The Sustainable Development Committee, in collaboration with 23 ministries, academia and civil society, is promoting the establishm
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2018.06.25 15:36
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] With monazite beds have emerged as a social problem recently, a ban on the use of household goods containing radioactive materials is being promoted.The Democratic Party lawmaker Shin Chang-hyun has proposed a bill to revise some of the Act on Protective Action Guidelines agains
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2018.06.22 17:41
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government reviewed the measures against damage from storm and flood through a meeting of related organizations on June 19, as most of the water management functions such as quantity and quality of water were integrated into the Ministry of Environment due to revision of the
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2018.06.21 15:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment announced that it will start an intensive inspection on disposable cup use sites with local governments and civic groups across the country from June 20. Disposable cups (plastic cups) are prohibited in the coffee shop (food service industry).This ins
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2018.06.20 16:31
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Ministry of Environment has designated "Non-point Pollution Management Week" from June 18 to June 30 in preparation for the rainy season, and will start public relations activities to reduce the occurrence of nonpoint pollutants.Non-point pollution refers to pollution that occ
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2018.06.19 10:00
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Forest Service announced that it held an official meeting for the establishment of a forest management plan for the DMZ on June 15.The meeting was set up to organize forest management of the DMZ, which have high ecological value such as forest biodiversity as the good
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2018.06.18 10:00
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation announced that it plans to conduct a summer sanitary inspection to prevent food poisoning accidents in the Garak market so that citizens can enjoy a safe and comfortable summer.Since 2015, the Corporation has conducted its own sanitary
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2018.06.15 08:47
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Seoul plans to use automatic liquid spraying equipment for winter snow removal installed at 53 locations throughout Seoul in order to remove fine dust on roads.It plans to reduce fine dust caused by automobile exhaust gas, and to cool down the hot roads in summer.The automatic l
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2018.06.14 08:33
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment announced that the Amendment to the Environmental Health Act will be enforced from June 12, 2019, which will introduce a punitive compensation system for damages for environmental diseases.The amendment of the law strengthens the liability for damages
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2018.06.12 08:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the Jungrang Water Regeneration Center, which was built for the first time in Korea in September 1967 to process 150,000㎥ of water per day, will be modernized and completed in early June with 250,000㎥ of sewage treatment facilitie
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2018.06.11 09:20
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The K-water will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an environmental energy center to improve the atmospheric environment, such as odor and fine dust, on June 8 in the Sihwa district.Most of the 15,000 companies in the Sihwa and Banwol Industrial Complex are
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2018.06.08 09:37
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] A revision to the Enforcement Decree of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act will come into force from June 13.The amendment focuses on the regulations of the correction of defects in water products and on the strengthening related sanitary safety standards.Procedure
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2018.06.07 12:48
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] A total of 50.33km of decks was installed in 21 national park trails except for Mt. Halla. Of these, 26.43km was found in the nature conservation district. Decks are stepped structures that are installed in hazardous areas for pedestrian safety.According to data submitted to the
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2018.06.07 08:29
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] According to the data submitted by the Ministry of Environment to Democratic Party lawmaker Shin Chang-hyun, the amount of fugitive dust scattered to the atmosphere from roads and construction sites without a certain outlet is 114,774 tons per year, of which the ultrafine dust (
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2018.06.05 12:30
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] If the facility discharging persistent organic pollutants such as dioxin exceeds the allowable standard, the government will be able to order immediate suspension of operation.The revised Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act, which includes such details, passed the National
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2018.06.04 11:17
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Act on the Management of Zoos and Aquariums, which have been criticized for being imperfect, was amended. On the 28th, the National Assembly held a plenary session and passed some revisions to the law.Although the law has been in place since May 2017, it only provides the ba
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2018.05.31 11:08
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The National Assembly held a plenary session on May 28 and passed amendments to the government's organizational law related to the unification of water management.The amendment contains the contents of leaving the river management work in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
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2018.05.30 08:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The supervision of construction sites where dismantling and removal of asbestos such as schools and rebuilding sites are carried out will be strengthened.The Ministry of Environment said that the amendment to the Asbestos Safety Management Act, which focused on the system improv
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2018.05.29 08:46
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Deforestation in the North Korean border area has been found to be serious. The Green Korea, which released related materials, pointed out that sustainable forest restoration measures on the Korean peninsula are necessary.The Green Korea announced the results of a survey on the
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2018.05.28 17:55