The South Korean Education Ministry said on Oct. 11, 2011 that asbestos has been found in the playgrounds of eight schools and its level is confirmed to have exceeded the permissible 0.1 percent, The Korea Herald reports.
The ministry’s investigation and…
Seoul, South Korea-employed workers, who were wearing dustproof clothing, on Oct. 7, 2011, skimmed off crushed olivine soil containing asbestos laid inside Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa District in Seoul, The Hankyoreh reports.
Seoul plans to replace 614 tons and 2275…
Citing data from the Korean Education Ministry, Rep. Kim Choon-jin said on July 5, 2010 that asbestos was detected in the structures of 85.7 percent of kindergarten, primary, middle and high schools nationwide, The Korea Herald reports.
Rep. Kim, of the…
Asbestos traces were found in three Seoul, Korea, subway stations: Gyeongbok Palace Station on Subway Line 3 and the Mullae and Bangbae stations on Line 2, The Korea Times reports.
According to the Ban Asbestos Network Korea (BANK) on Nov. 23,…
Rep. Cho Jung-sik, of the Korean Democratic Party, on Oct. 13, 2009, says that more than half of randomly selected buildings in Seoul, South Korea, are built with an asbestos substance, The Korea Times reports.
Mr. Cho based his claims on…
The city of Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 6, 2009, announced plans to safely manage asbestos in buildings slated for demolition in urban redevelopment projects, The Korea Herald reports.
The plans state that Seoul will organize a group of citizens who…
According to figures supplied by the South Korean Education Ministry, asbestos was found in 99.1 percent (3,128 out of 3,158) of kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high schools inspected by the Ministry, The Korea Herald reports.
The Ministry finished its inspection of…
South Korea’s Ministry of Environment, on June 12, 2009, confirmed that nearly one in two residents (110 out of 215 sampled residents) living in Hongseong and Boryeong near a closed mine in South Chungcheong Province had lung diseases caused by…
An investigative unit of the Korea Food and Drug Administration arrested Hong Suk-kwan, the president of Duksan Pure Chemicals Company, on charges that he sold asbestos-tainted talc, the Joong Ang Daily reports.
On April 21, 2009, the KFDA claimed Mr. Hong…
The Korea Food and Drug Administration unveiled a list of 1,122 medicines with talc (contaminated with asbestos), and banning all but 11 of them, JoongAng Daily reports.
Hospitals and pharmacies were plunged into confusion a day after the KFDA unveiled the…