Sluggish demand growth for liquefied natural gas (LNG), combined with a record increase in global export capacity through 2028, will likely thrust markets into an extended period of oversupply, according to the latest Global LNG Outlook from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). As major importing regions—including …
Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said. Eight of the 12 killed in the early morning landslide in Chuncheon, about 68 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Seoul, were college students who had …
Defence cooperation also comes up for discussion India and the Republic of Korea here on Monday inked an agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, taking to completion the in-principle agreement announced in Hanoi last year on the sidelines of the Asean-India Summit. After a restricted meeting …
India and the Republic of Korea signed an agreement on Monday for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy. The deal will help Seoul in getting access to India’s civil nuclear infrastructure, according to local media reports. The civil nuclear deal was signed after a 20-minute restricted meeting between President …
A high-powered committee of the steel ministry has suggested that the state-run mineral giant NMDC fix its iron ore prices on a quarterly basis for its domestic buyers, benchmarking the price at which it exports to Japan and South Korea. This is likely to trigger resentment among the steel producers, …
New Delhi To give a fillip to environment-friendly vehicles, a committee formed by the heavy industries ministry is considering lucrative tax breaks and incentives for automakers to produce and sell electric vehicles. The committee, which would also have representatives from the industry, has been set up to identify the challenges …
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh made it clear that private corporate sector should not look up to the government for innovations in technology to transit towards green economy. Addressing Indian business leaders at the CII Conference on
The thought of wind power brings visions of giant turbines, high-altitude kites and graceful sailboats to mind. But the breeze has a more sinister side, full of turbulence that can wreak havoc with bridges and other structures. Now Hyung-Jo Jung and Seung-Woo Lee at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science …
South Korea opened a second investigation in days into a report that the U.S. military dumped toxic chemicals near the capital decades ago, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday, threatening to trigger an anti-American backlash. Experts have been sent to the former U.S. base in Bucheon, west of Seoul, …
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 …
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. In this study, to evaluate the spatial and temporal trends of food contamination, the endosulfan and toxaphene levels were …
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. PDPs are nonprofit entities that seek to accelerate the development, evaluation, and introduction of vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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
Says operating thousands of centrifuges Seoul, November 30 Secretive Korea today boasted advances in its nuclear programme, making sure it held the world
