Safety a priority for UAE's peaceful N-programme
Source: Khaleej Times
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-06-11 11:38:10 -0700 | green-news
Safety a priority for UAEs peaceful N-programme Allan Jacob (allan@khaleejtimes.com) / 11 June 2013 Concerns about safety have been raised as South Koreas nuclear programme remains mired in a corruption scandal, but the UAEs nuclear authority, on Monday said robust...
Did Monsanto Just Ruin the Economy?
Source: The Motley Fool
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-06-07 09:25:33 -0700 | green-news
Yet, despite all the assurances to the contrary, unapproved genetically modified wheat has been found in an Oregon wheat field, and the implications of its discovery are far-reaching and potentially devastating. MON ) may have just single-handedly wrecked...
South Korea's top nuke plant manager sacked over scandal
Source: China Post
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-06-06 16:39:44 -0700 | green-news
South Korea on Thursday fired the head of the state-run company that oversees the country's 23 nuclear reactors over a forged documentation scandal that has shut a host of those reactors down. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power President Kim Kyun-seop...
It's on! Farmers begin suing Monsanto over genetic pollution of wheat crops
Source: Natural News
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-06-05 11:36:34 -0700 | green-news
The next wave of farmer backlash against Monsanto has just been unleashed by Ernest Barnes, a wheat farmer in Morton County, Kansas...District Court in Wichita, Kansas , alleging that Monsanto's genetic pollution has financially damaged himself and other farmers.
South Korea says initial tests of US wheat show no GMO contamination
Posted by: Nathan Salant
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-06-06 13:56:32 -0700 | green-news
Initial tests of wheat and flour imported from the United States revealed no contamination from genetically modified crops discovered growing in Oregon, a South Korean official said Sunday. World markets were shaken Friday when South Korea announced it was suspending...
S.Korea says finds no GMO in initial tests of U.S. wheat
Source: Reuters
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-06-02 20:31:01 -0700 | green-news
Topics Demonstrators hold up posters during a protest against U.S.-based Monsanto Co. and genetically modified organisms (GMO), in New York May 25, 2013. South Korea has not detected genetically modified wheat in initial tests of imports of the grain and...
S Korea PM pledges tougher pena...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-31 15:40:34 -0700 | green-news
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won vowed yesterday to mete out severe penalties to anyone involved in a forged documentation scandal that has shut down a host of nuclear reactors. It is a grave crime that angers both heaven and...
S Korea nuclear firm's shares fall
Source: BBC South Asia
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-29 03:08:16 -0700 | green-news
Korea Electric Power shares fall on nuclear reactor shutdowns There are 23 nuclear reactors in South Korea Shares in Korea Electric Power have fallen to their lowest level in more than five months after two more of its nuclear plants...
S Korea halts two more reactors over faulty parts
Source: The Hindustan Times
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-28 01:22:50 -0700 | green-news
South Korea on Tuesday shut down two nuclear reactors and delayed the scheduled start of operations at two others as part of a widening investigation into a scandal involving fake safety certificates. The latest move means 10 of the South's...
South Korean president pushes 'green growth'
Source: Taiwan News
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-16 11:39:22 -0700 | green-news
South Korea rose from poverty to prosperity on the back of brawny industrialization, manufacturing carbon-heavy autos, ships and steel for the rest of the world mostly under the stern guidance of military-backed governments.
Five dead in S. Korea steel plant furnace gas leak
Source: United Press International
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-24 04:40:51 -0700 | green-news
A gas leak from the furnace of a steel plant in South Korea killed five workers Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred at the plant in the country's port city of Dangjin, south of Seoul, Yonhap News reported. The victims...
Scotland, South Korea team up on renewables
Source: United Press International
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-13 12:17:21 -0700 | green-news
The Scottish government announced it signed a memorandum of understanding in South Korea to work together on marine energy technology. Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney led a delegation to South Korea to examine the potential for joint work on renewable...
Hyundai wins $700m order for world's biggest container s...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-06 00:13:49 -0700 | green-news
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had won a $700 million deal to build the world's largest container ships for China Shipping Container Lines. Under the deal signed with China's number two shipper, the world's largest shipbuilder...
South Korea jails nuclear workers over bribe scandal
Source: Indian Express
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-03 04:08:50 -0700 | green-news
South Korea today jailed six nuclear power engineers and suppliers linked to a major corruption scandal that stoked public concern over safety standards...Four suppliers were given jail sentences ranging from eight to 14 months by the court in the southern...
South Korea and U.S. Fail to Reach Nuclear Energy Deal
Source: Newyork Times
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-04-24 02:50:30 -0700 | green-news
South Korea South Korea said on Wednesday that it has failed to reach a compromise with the United States on its civil nuclear energy program, forcing the two allies to delay the deadline for a deal by two years. Secretary...
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