Tag Archives: South Korea

South Korean inquiry found Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to be “consistent with international safety standards,” the government announced Friday. Bang Moon-kyu, the government policy coordination minister, said the plan proposed by the Japanese government met international standards, including those of the …

Al Gore told the Hankyoreh on Thursday he’s confident that expanding renewable energy is where countries are headed, no matter which government may be currently in power. The 75-year-old climate crusader and former US vice president acknowledged in a Zoom interview with the Hankyoreh that there may be bumps in …

The top nuclear envoys of the US and South Korea have discussed ways to cooperate on countering North Korea’s “evolving nuclear and military threats,” the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, according to local media. US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim held a meeting with his South …

South Korean companies are interested in implementing projects in the gas sector in Turkmenistan, this was stated by the head of the Korea-Turkmenistan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Lee Dal-gon at a meeting with the President of the Supreme Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Azernews reports, citing Turkmen media. According to Lee …

South Korea has announced a $5.32 billion financial support package aimed at helping the country’s battery makers invest in infrastructure in North America over the next five years. The initiative is intended to help South Korean firms capitalize on the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, which requires automakers to source …

The recently established military relationship between South Korea and Poland is a multidimensional phenomenon, reaching beyond security in its traditional meaning. In fact, large-scale arms contracts are almost always politicized and followed or accompanied by intensified economic ties. Certainly, in the current circumstances, this view is shared by Warsaw and …

Saudi Aramco announced its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through its S-OIL affiliate. In a statement received by Argaam Aramco said, the SAR 26 billion ($7 billion) Shaheen project aims to convert crude oil into petrochemical feedstock. This …

The secretary of the Iran-South Korea Joint Chamber has said that Iran has exported 32.5 million dollars to South Korea during the first five months of the current Iranian year. Iran exported 32.5 million dollars to South Korea during the first five months of the current Iranian year, Pooya Firozi …

The forecast for a colder-than-usual winter in South Korea is set to intensify the concerns over gas supply for power generation, industry sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights over the week of Sept. 29. The country has predicted a colder winter this year amid La Nina that has stretched into …

South Korea seeks to expand its generation of nuclear power to nearly 33 percent of its total energy creation by 2030 in a move to boost energy security and to better meet net-zero goals, the industry ministry said Tuesday. Under the blueprint for the country’s electricity supply through 2036, the …