South Korea

Energy projects: $6 billion investment likely from South Koreans: chief minister

A total of $6 billion worth of investment is expected from the South Koreans in various energy projects in the province, said Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah here on Sunday.

"Korean Southern Power Company (KOSPO) has signed a MoU with Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) to establish wind power project in Gharo-Keti Bandar wind corridor to produce 2000MW electricity," he said, here Sunday at a pr

Publication Date:

23/05/2011

Source: Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Tags:

Pakistan, South Korea, Energy, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Development, Transport

Pesticides And Toxins

Historical trends in human dietary intakes of endosulfan and toxaphene in China, Korea and Japan

Recently, the Stockholm Convention prohibited the use of toxaphene and has been reviewing endosulfan. The historical use of these pesticides may contaminate food and tend to accumulate in the food chain.

Publication Date:

05/04/2011

Author(s): Biruck Desalegn, Takumi Takasuga, Kouji H. Harada & et al

Source: Chemosphere

Vol:

0

Issue:

0

pp:

1

Tags:

Endosulfan, Japan, South Korea, China, Food Contamination, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins

Health

Dengue vaccines regulatory pathways: A report on two meetings with regulators of developing countries

The Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI) is a product development partnership (PDP) based at the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Seoul, Korea, and is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Publication Date:

22/02/2011

Author(s): Richard Mahoney, Liliana Chocarro, James Southern & et al

Source: PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials

Vol:

8

Issue:

2

pp:

1

Tags:

Dengue, Drugs, Child Health, Medical Research, India, Brazil, China, Cuba, South Korea, WHO, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Vector Borne Diseases, Health

Energy

Govt. plans solar power park in Htota

Feasibility studies are being carried out to set up a Solar Power Park, in Hambantota to add 737 KW to the national grid.

The Project initiated by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka will receive financial aid from Japan and Korea.

This Solar Power Project to be established in Buruthakanda in Hambantota will be completed in two stages.

Publication Date:

08/02/2011

Source: The Island (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

Sri Lanka, Solar Energy, Japan, South Korea

Mining

India will forego `300,000cr for Posco project'

As the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) gears itself to give a final verdict on the steel giant Posco next week, several financial consultants researching on this `51,000-crore mega project have questioned the MoU signed between India and South Korea.

Sulakshan Fontana, who works closely with Navdanya, questions how the Indian government has agreed to sign a deal where it stands to fore

Publication Date:

29/01/2011

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

POSCO, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, South Korea, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Mining

Industry

Sisterhood status for Orissa, South Korea

BHUBANESWAR: ORISSA and the highly advanced South Korean province of Jellonamdo, the land of Posco, are soon to be sisters. The sisterhood would primarily be based on Buddhist tourism but would encompass development of trade ties including cooperation in small and medium industries and agriculture too. An MoU to formalise the sisterhood status would be signed in South Korea soon.

Publication Date:

21/01/2011

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

South Korea, Orissa (Odisha), POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Land

Forests

Korea nudges India on Posco delay

The 12 million tonne per annum project, proposed in Orissa and billed as the largest FDI in India, does not encroach forest land and should be given go ahead at the earliest."
Kim Jong-Hoon South Korean trade minister South Korea on Thursday urged India not to "disregard" the importance of the proposed $12 billion Posco steel project, in view of the development it is set to bring in the country b

Publication Date:

21/01/2011

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Land Encroachments, Forests, Orissa (Odisha), South Korea, POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, ArcelorMittal

Climate Change

The Copenhagen Accord: abatement costs and carbon prices resulting from the submissions

As part of the Copenhagen Accord, individual countries have submitted greenhouse gas reduction proposals for the year 2020. This paper analyses the implications for emission reductions, the carbon price, and abatement costs of these submissions. The submissions of the Annex I (industrialised) countries are estimated to lead to a total reduction target of 12–18% below 1990 levels. The submissions of the seven major emerging economies are estimated to lead to an 11–14% reduction below baseline emissions, depending on international (financial) support.

Publication Date:

01/01/2011

Author(s): Michel G.J. den Elzen, Andries F. Hof, Angelica Mendoza Beltran & et al

Source: Environmental Science & Policy

Vol:

14

Issue:

1

pp:

28-39

Tags:

Copenhagen Accord, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, REDD, UNFCCC, Climate Mitigation, Developing Countries, China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, LULUCF, Land Use, Forests, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Agriculture

Lives on Lease

The half-dozen strangers who descended on this remote West African village brought its hand-to-mouth farmers alarming news: their humble fields, tilled from one generation to the next, were now controlled by Libya

Publication Date:

28/12/2010

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Land, Agriculture, Africa, South Korea, Displacement, People, Compensation, Poverty

Climate Change