Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

The waste disposal conundrum

In the middle of the 2000s, I attended two public discussion sessions to listen to local residents’ opinions on plans to build waste incineration plants in their neighborhoods.

2022-06-06

Talking radioactive trash

French Ambassador to Korea Philippe Lefort, second from right, and Cha Sung-soo, president and CEO of Korea Radioactive Waste Agency, far right, discuss French and Korean experiences in nuclear or radioactive waste disposal at a forum...

2021-06-02

Those radioactive mattresses are still just sitting there

In 2018, mattresses from a local manufacturer were found to contain excessive amounts of radioactive element radon, prompting a mass recall and raising fears so much that sales of at-home radiation testing devices shot up.

2020-08-05