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- World’s biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations Tue, 9 Apr 24, 2:00pmG20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds
- South Koreans confront IAEA chief over Fukushima water release Sat, 8 Jul 23, 11:14pmRafael Grossi met with protests in Seoul during visit to try to calm fears over radioactive water discharge
- “Green” Energy Threatens South Korea’s Economy Sat, 10 Jun 23, 11:00amBusinesses see these plans as “threatening to industries” as well as “far-fetched and ambiguous.”
- Public space in South Korea has chimney-like design Sat, 3 Jun 23, 1:30amIn late 2022, the Metropolitan City of Incheon, South Korea, along with the Housing and City Development Corporation, held an international competition for the design of the Geomdan Museum Library Cultural Complex...
- Enter into the current and future state of climate change Fri, 24 Mar 23, 5:30amPerpetual Spring, designed by Obra Architects, was recognized as Best of Best in the Exhibition category, as well as in the Public Space category. The display features a thought-provoking look at the current and future state...
- South Korea Fusion Breakthrough: 20s 100 Million Degree Fusion Plasma With No Instability Sat, 10 Sep 22, 7:00amSouth Korean Nuclear Fusion researchers have claimed to have sustained a stable confined burning plasma at fusion temperatures for 20 seconds, producing 100Kj of fusion energy.
- Winning design for Museum of Architecture and Urbanism announced Thu, 17 Dec 20, 3:30amA recent competition sponsored by the National Agency for Administrative City Construction aimed to find a comprehensive design for the new Korean Museum of Architecture and Urbanism (KMUA) in Sejong, South Korea...
- Marise Payne declines to welcome adoption of net zero emissions target by Japan and South Korea Thu, 29 Oct 20, 4:14pmAustralia’s foreign minister says ‘it’s a matter for those countries’ after being questioned on the matter five times by Penny Wong
- UNStudio to transform Gyeongdo Island into a sustainable tourism destination Fri, 29 May 20, 12:30amUNStudio has unveiled a masterplan to transform South Korea’s Gyeongdo Island into a new, 470,000-square-meter leisure destination that puts the spotlight on nature...
- Greyparrot bags $2.2M seed to scale its AI for waste management Thu, 28 May 20, 7:25pmLondon-based Greyparrot, which uses computer vision AI to scale efficient processing of recycling, has bagged £1.825 million (~$2.2M) in seed funding, topping up the $1.2M in pre-seed funding it had raised previously. The...
- Polluter bailouts and lobbying during Covid-19 pandemic Fri, 17 Apr 20, 7:00pmFrom tar sands oil to aviation, global business sectors have called for suspension of environmental protections
- South Korea to shut a quarter of its coal-fired plants over winter to cut pollution Thu, 28 Nov 19, 4:00pmPlants will close during coldest months in a bid to reduce high levels of fine dust particles
- Giant, abstract trees hold up the roof of an experimental Korean home Fri, 22 Nov 19, 6:30amWhen designing the House of Three Trees, Seoul-based architecture practice Jae Kim Architects & Researchers (JK-AR) started with a question: What would Korean architecture look like if timber remained the dominant construction...
- South Korea to build a peace trail along the DMZ Fri, 3 May 19, 4:30amSouth Korea is making big changes to the Korean Peninsula's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country just voted in a plan that will build a peace trail along the DMZ in honor of the Panmunjom Declaration, which was signed in...
- Korean company planning Bylong Valley mine dismisses climate threat Wed, 6 Mar 19, 6:35pmAfter Rocky Hill ruling, firm claims open-cut project in NSW will make ‘negligible contribution’ to global emissions