Environment
- Environmental Policy
Freedom League Ganghwa Branch Launches Resource Recycling Campaign
The Ganghwa-gun branch of the Korea Freedom League (chaired by Park Bong-sik) held a Resource Recycling Campaign together with its members in front of the Ganghwa Fisheries Cooperative in Ganghwa-eup on September 16, encouraging residents …
- Environmental Policy
Incheon City Launches Special Waste Management Plan for Chuseok Holiday
Incheon Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Chan-dae) is rolling out a Special Waste Management Plan for the Chuseok Holiday to prevent inconvenience to residents caused by the buildup of household waste during the Chuseok holiday period. The pl…
- Environmental Policy
Incheon to Plant 30 Million Trees Over the Next Decade
The Incheon Metropolitan Government is embarking on a large-scale urban forest initiative to plant 30 million trees over the ten years from 2026 to 2035, aiming to respond to the climate crisis and expand its carbon sinks. Once completed, …
- Ecosystem Conservation
Incheon to Host Songdo Tidal Flat Migratory Bird Watching Contest… Applications Open Sept. 1
The Incheon Metropolitan Government will hold a bird-watching contest at the Songdo tidal flat, a world-renowned stopover for migratory birds, and will begin accepting applications on Sept. 1. Anyone may apply regardless of whether they li…
- Environmental Policy
Incheon Launches Integrated Response to Climate Crisis and Air Quality… Hosts ‘2026 Air Quality Policy Forum’
The city of Incheon has begun crafting a broad, integrated solution by treating the climate crisis and air pollution as a single challenge. The Incheon Metropolitan Government (Mayor Park Chan-dae) announced that on August 25 it held the '…
- Environmental Policy
Incheon Creates ‘Air Lounge’ Fine-Dust Safe Zones, Pushes to Cut Everyday Odors
Incheon Metropolitan City is launching a full-scale project to create a more pleasant environment, built on two pillars: the creation of 'community-based air lounges' that protect residents from fine dust and ozone, and expanded support fo…
- Environmental Policy
Incheon Provides 1.2 Billion Won in Early-Scrappage Subsidies for Aging Diesel Vehicles… Additional Applications Open Sept. 1
The city of Incheon will begin accepting additional applications for its early-scrappage support program for aging diesel vehicles starting September 1. Drawing on roughly 1.2 billion won left over after the first-half rollout, the city wi…
- Ecosystem Conservation
Ongjin County releases 350,000 juvenile rockfish into waters off the five West Sea islands
On the 19th, the Fisheries Seed Research Institute under the Fisheries Division of Ongjin-gun County (Governor Jang Jeong-min) released about 350,000 juvenile rockfish into waters off Seonjin Port on Daecheongdo Island. The move is aimed a…
- Environmental Policy
Yeongjong-gu District, Comprehensive Measures Centered on ‘Environmental Cleanup TF’ to Root Out Abandoned Waste
Incheon's Yeongjong-gu District (District Chief Son Hwa-jung) announced on the 13th that it has drawn up comprehensive measures to root out the chronic local problem of illegally and long-abandoned waste and is moving to implement them in …
- Climate Change
Mongolian Forest Planted by Incheon Citizens Grows into a City-Cooperation Model Drawing Global Attention
A tree-planting movement that Incheon citizens launched to curb yellow dust from Mongolia has grown, over 19 years, into a model of international environmental cooperation between cities. Incheon Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Chan-dae) ann…
