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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Owners who damaged the Green Belt Zone by installing illegal buildings and operating restaurants around valleys in Seoul have been caught.The Seoul Metropolitan Government said they have detected 13 illegal restaurants and sent them to the prosecution after conducting a crackdow
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2019.11.13 09:58
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] It has been confirmed that 63% of 996 facilities that emit dioxin, a class-one carcinogen, are incineration facilities, and all 25 facilities that have exceeded the permissible level over the past three years are incineration facilities.According to the data submitted to Rep. Sh
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2019.11.12 10:01
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Radon was detected in some schools exceeding the indoor standard (148㏃/㎥), according to a result of measuring radon in elementary, middle and high schools nationwide.According to data submitted by Rep. Shin Yong-hyun of the Bareunmirae Party from the Education Ministry, last yea
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2019.11.11 10:23
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The National Institute of Biological Resources will publish a comprehensive statistics on biodiversity in Korea and the status of 50,827 species of native organisms.This year's statistical book selected the table of contents according to the biodiversity and biological resou
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2019.11.08 12:39
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Seoul announced the results of a survey on the public awareness of the sewage sector, which was conducted on 4,000 citizens.The second public awareness survey, conducted since 2017, is designed to assess the performance of the ongoing sewage system project and to create prioriti
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2019.11.07 15:50
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The National Civil Defense and Disaster Management Training Institute under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety will provide ‘fine dust solution’ training to prevent fine dust and strengthen response capabilities from November 4~6 for those in charge of fine dust work at cen
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2019.11.06 09:19
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Forest Service successfully held the ‘ASEAN-ROK High-Level Meeting on Forestry’ in Seoul on October 31 to strengthen cooperation in the forest sector between South Korea and the 10 ASEAN countries and share results.Under the slogan ‘Our Forest for Prosperity and Peace’
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2019.11.05 11:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government has finalized the ‘Comprehensive Plan for Fine Dust Management (2020-2024)’ that presents policy directions and implementation tasks for fine dust over the next five years.The comprehensive plan consists of a total of 42 tasks and 177 detailed tasks in five major
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2019.11.04 09:45
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Amendment of the Clean Air Conservation Act passed the plenary session of the National Assembly on October 31.While large companies in Yeosu Industrial Complex were accused of collusion of reducing and manipulating the concentration of air pollution substance with measuremen
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2019.11.01 09:39
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment will designate 200 ‘inflow caution species’ that, if introduced into Korea, are likely to cause harm to ecosystems and others and announce them on October 31.The 200 species that belong to the ‘inflow caution species’ consist of existing potential ris
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2019.10.31 14:15
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The smart farm R&D project, worth 386.7 billion won, is set to go into full swing.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rural Development Administration, and the Ministry of Science and ICT announced on October 28 that the ‘Smart Farm Multi-Ministry Package Innovation Technology D
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2019.10.30 09:50
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced that it will hold a forum of experts in Korea to respond to the second Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on October 29.The forum will share the contents of IPCC special reports recently approved in August and
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2019.10.29 14:32
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Sixteen private organizations related to renewable energy, including the Climate Change Center, declared the establishment of a ‘Day of Renewable Energy’ at COEX in Samsung-dong, Seoul on October 23.The establishment of the renewable energy day is significant in that it was led
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2019.10.28 09:52
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on October 21.The MOU specifically covers the scope of cooperation, including the current situation and areas of inte
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2019.10.23 15:14
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan in 2011, it has been confirmed that 6,529 cases of food have been detected in excess of the radioactive cesium level.According to the Foreign Ministry's ‘radio cesium monitoring test results’ submitted to Rep. Song Young-gil, a t
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2019.10.22 09:32
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Bisphenol A, which is an endocrine disorder substance that affects reproduction and growth, has been found in receipts and queue tickets that are output from terminal equipment, but it has been confirmed that there are no safety standards.According to the results of an analysis
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2019.10.21 12:38
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The quality of freshwater lakes in reclaimed land has deteriorated rapidly every year, but no water quality improvement projects have been carried out to address them.According to the data submitted to Rep. Park Wan-joo of the Democratic Party of Korea from the Korea Rural Commu
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2019.10.18 14:02
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment established the ‘Standard Manual for Disaster Risk Management of Fine Dust,’ which consists of the crisis alert standards and the response system of four stages in case of high concentrations of ultrafine dust (PM2.5).The target of this standard manua
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2019.10.16 14:09
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The aging rate of water supply dams managed by the Korea Water Resources Corporation was found to reach 64%.According to the data submitted to Rep. Lim Yi-ja of the Liberty Korea Party from the Korea Water Resources Corporation, there are 37 dams managed by the Korea Water Resou
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2019.10.16 14:05
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment's Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center said it has confirmed the country's greenhouse gas emissions in 2017 to 709.14 million tons of CO2eq, up 1.65 million tons or 2.4% from 692.57 million tons a year earlier after deliberation by the
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2019.10.13 19:15