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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 02:52

Which state-run firms will follow Incheon airport operator

Which state-run firms will follow Incheon airport operator

Employees of state-owned companies are keeping a close watch on their employers' hiring plans, raising concerns over the possibility that their companies could be the next to directly hire subcontracted workers after Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) announced its decision to do so.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-07-02 16:57

New fungus boosts Korea's development of 'plastic-chewing' biotech

New fungus boosts Korea's development of 'plastic-chewing' biotech

Korean university and national laboratory researchers have discovered a fungus that advances the country's research into plastic-decomposing biotechnology. Chonnam National University professor Lee Hyang-burm's team and the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) under the Ministry of Environment discovered the mucor last year.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-02 16:13

Cheorwon theme park threatens Korea's largest crane habitat: activists

Cheorwon theme park threatens Korea's largest crane habitat: activists

Environmental activists have lodged an ecological destruction claim against Cheorwon County in Gangwon Province, claiming a theme park under construction will affect the country's largest red-crowned crane habitat and other endangered species. The county government denied the accusation.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-07-02 09:40

Plastic waste imports banned in Korea amid mounting local trash

Plastic waste imports banned in Korea amid mounting local trash

To cope with mounting local plastic wastes, the Korean central government on June 30 put a break to importing several plastic waste categories mostly used in the country.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-30 14:44

Pandemic leaves small Korean firms short of migrant workers

Pandemic leaves small Korean firms short of migrant workers

Small to medium companies (SMEs) in Korea, relying heavily on migrant labor, are short of workers due to COVID-19, a survey shows. According to 1,062 local SMEs that applied this year to the central government for more foreign workers with E-9 working visas for unprofessional labor, 52 percent responded to the Korea Federation of SMEs' survey that their production pipelines w...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-29 17:17

Controversial Beluga whale surfing bites Geoje Sea World

Controversial Beluga whale surfing bites Geoje Sea World

Geoje Sea World faces its worst crisis since opening in 2014 as animal activists and citizens condemn how it has been abusing ecologically vulnerable Beluga whales to entertain customers - including allowing visitors to surf aboard the animals.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-29 17:07

From mushrooms to wormwoods, gov't taps biomaterials as 'most futuristic' asset

From mushrooms to wormwoods, gov't taps biomaterials as 'most futuristic' asset

Korean environment minister Cho Myung-rae said the government is betting on biomaterial technologies as a key future sustainable asset. He made the comment after visiting a cosmetics research and manufacturing firm in Seongnam that uses biomaterials as ingredients, Thursday.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-26 15:15

Cheong Wa Dae counters criticism over Incheon airport's employment plan

Cheong Wa Dae counters criticism over Incheon airport's employment plan

The presidential office defended the Incheon International Airport Corp.'s (IIAC) decision to change the status of 1,902 contract and part-time security officers working at the airport to regular workers, Thursday, signaling that there is no room for the airport operator to reverse the decision despite public criticism from certain areas.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-06-25 17:14

Division taking hold in Korean society

Real-time noise levels now available through online map

Real-time noise levels now available through online map

Real-time noise monitoring in Korea, previously only available in tabulated text form, can now be viewed on an online map that shows the intensity using color coding.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-25 17:06

Monsoon season arrives

Monsoon season arrives

Citizens holding umbrellas cross the street at a crosswalk in central Seoul, Wednesday, as the early summer monsoon season began. The rain is expected to continue until early Friday, with another bout of monsoon rain expected from Sunday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. / Yonhap

Jun Ji-hye2020-06-24 17:52

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