Voters in a South Korean city have rejected plans to build a nuclear power plant in a referendum the government says has no legal effect.

Evidence supporting a link between postnatal environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and cognitive problems among children is mounting, but inconsistent. The researchers examined the relationship between ETS exposure, measured using urine cotinine, and IQ scores in Korean school-aged children.

More people are eating local and organic foods and plan to consume less meat and bottled water.

EBONYI State government, on Wednesday, signed a $1.14 billion contract with Posco, a South Korean company, for the construction of independent power station.

Flash floods brought on by heavy rain in southern South Korea have killed at least five people, officials say.

Scientists in South Korea say they have found a way of converting used cigarette butts into a material capable of storing energy that could help power everything from mobile phones to electric cars

This may confirm suspicions that many of us have already had. Besides leading the world in consumer debt and military spending, the U.S. can now add climate denial to that list.

Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research.

Melting Arctic ice is widening a path for ships to deliver European oil to Asia, stoking South Korea’s ambition to become a regional storage and trading hub.

The majority of the world’s major cities have disclosed that climate change presents a physical risk to the businesses operating in their cities. This real and current threat is driving local governments to take concrete action in response, so finds Protecting our Capital.

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