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On June 8, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced the results of a hazard review conducted on …
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On May 10, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced that it will raise energy efficiency standards for four items, namely electric hot and cold …
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On May 26, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) of South Korea announced that it would add four biocidal substances to and eliminate three ones from the list …
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On April 10, 2023, the 2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee discussed and approved the draft of the First National Master Plan for Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth (hereinafter the …
South Korea
On April 18, 2023, the government of South Korea announced the promulgation of the revised Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and Relief thereof (hereinafter “the Act”).
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On April 4, 2023, the government of South Korea promulgated the revised version of the Presidential Decree of Water Environment Conservation Act, which was enforced on the same date.
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On April 18, 2023, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced the revision and promulgation of the Presidential Decree and enforcement rules on the Act on …
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On March 28, 2023, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced to add color and weight standards to 1) packaging material and structure standards and 2) evaluation criteria for …
South Korea
On April 16, 2023, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced its plan to conduct intensive inspections on the compliance with provisions of the Chemicals Control Act and impose …
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The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) conducted a survey on the current situation of recyclability grading of cosmetic containers, which are required to be undergone under the Packaging Recyclability Grading System. …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment promulgated a revised version of the 2023 Mandatory Recycling Rates by Product and Packaging Material (Ministry of Environment Notification No. 2023-54) and announced that it …
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On March 10, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea launched the Industrial Safety and Health Laws and Regulations Improvement Promotion Group, comprised of experts from various …
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On February 27, 2023, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced the Strategy for Securing Key Minerals, explaining that it has selected 33 key minerals such …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment issued a legislative notice for partial amendments to the Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Act from March 17 to April 27, 2023.
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On March 30, 2023, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced proposed amendments to the Enforcement Decree and …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment issued an administrative notice on proposed partial revision of the Annual Penetration Target for Low-emission and Zero-emission Vehicles from March 17 to April 5, 2023. …
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The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea (hereinafter referred to as MOTIE) has issued an administrative notice on proposed notification to partially amend the Regulations on Energy …
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Following the amendment of the Noise and Vibration Control Act on December 30, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment issued a legislative notice from February 9 to March 21, 2023, …
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On February 27, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment issued draft amendment to the Designation of, and Safety and Labeling Standards for, Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification (Ministry …
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On February 27, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that five proposed amendments to environmental laws including the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources passed …
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On February 21, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy publicly announced a new proposed amendment to the Operational Regulation on Equipment for Efficiency Management and announced that …
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On February 11, 2023, the South Korean government announced the enforcement of the latest revision (promulgated on February 10, 2022) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Consumer Chemical Products and …
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The Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea issued legislative notices for proposed partial amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Industrial Safety and Health Act and Enforcement Rules …
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On January 31, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the key tasks for 2023 to enhance the implementation of carbon neutrality. It was structured to foster green industries and …
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On January 18, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the results of the Fourth (2020) Statistical Survey on Chemicals showing that 31,600 types and 686.8 million tons of chemical …
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On January 31, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced a key promotion plan in the field of resource recycling for the year 2023. Starting with the promulgation of the …
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On January 27, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment notified the proposed amendments to the Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Regulations of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling …
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On December 30, 2022, South Korean government promulgated an amended version of Enforcement Decree of the Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles (Presidential Decree No. …
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On November 23, 2022, the Korea Environment Corporation, an agency under South Korea Ministry of Environment, publicly announced the Inventory of Candidate Substances Subject to Authorization (Ministry of Environment Public …
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On January 3, 2023, the Korean Government published the amended Act on the Safety Control of Hazardous Substances (Act No. 19161) to promote voluntary safety management by personnel involved in …
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On January 3, 2023, the Korean government published an amended version of the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (K-REACH). In this amendment, it is stipulated that a person …
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On December 30, 2022, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), an agency affiliated with the Ministry of Environment of Korea, announced that it had evaluated the safety of 116 …
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On December 30, 2022, the Korean Government published the amended Noise and Vibration Control Act (Act No. 19150), which is scheduled to come into effect on July 1, 2023. Although …
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On December 8, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of Korea announced a proposal to amend the designated management system for toxic substances, with different control standards applied depending on the …
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The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) have established a standard for the handling of hazardous chemical substances customized for the semiconductor manufacturing industry (“Notice …
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On November 30, 2022, the South Korean government announced the “Major Disaster Reduction Roadmap” to achieve “safe and healthy workplaces and a happy Republic of Korea.” The roadmap incorporates four …
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On November 30, 2022, the South Korean Ministry of Environment announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Samsung Electronics to activate sewage water recycling. Under the …
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On November 30, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that the Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Act (published on November 14, 2022, Ministry of Environment Decree No. …
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On November 21, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a draft amendment to the Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances and …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the plan to improve emissions trading system (hereinafter referred to as the improvement plan), which includes details for encouraging companies to reduce greenhouse gas …
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On November 4, 2022, the Korean Ministry of Environment announced a proposed amendment to the “Labeling Standards for Quality and Structure Grade of Packaging Materials”, and announced that it plans …
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On October 26, 2022, South Korea government held a plenary session of the 2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee as well as commissioning ceremony for the private sector committee members. …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment issued an administrative notice on proposed partial revision of the Regulations Concerning Preparation, etc. of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports, etc. from October 12 to November …
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On October 18, 2022, the Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy published an amended version of the “Act on the Control of Manufacture of Specific Substances for the Protection …
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The Ministry of Environment of South Korea has given a legislative notice from October 20 to November 29, 2022, of the draft amendment to the “Enforcement Regulation of the Clean …
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On October 18, 2022, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea published the amended version of the “Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act”, and announced …
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On October 18, 2022, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea published an amended version of the “Regulations on Occupational Safety and Health Standards”. The purpose of this …
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On October 18, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a public notice (No. 2022-567) stating that in regard to the “Obligation to Provide Information on Chemical Substances” …
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On September 30, 2022, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea issued public notice (Ministry of Employment and Labor Public Notice No. 2022-404) in accordance with Article 108 …
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On August 26, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it had reported four major policy proposals for future environmental regulations to President Yoon at the first …
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The Ministry of Environment of South Korea implemented Waste Disposal Site Information Transmission System and enhanced Medical Waste Generator Certification System on October 1, 2022, to eliminate blind spots in …
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On October 7, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea partially amended and enforced the Notification on the Evaluation Methods of Environmental Management Levels at Business Establishments. The main …
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On September 13, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the revised version of the Regulations on Emissions Survey and Calculation Factors of Chemical Substances (Ministry of Environment Notification No.2022-172). …
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On September 4, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the full operation of the EPR system in cooperation with the ease of recycling grading system. Under the EPR system, …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment published on August 17, 2022, a revised Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Act (Ministry of Environment Decree No. 999), which includes the expansion …
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On August 16, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea held the first meeting of the Council for Advanced Emissions Trading System (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) to …
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On August 11, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced that during the period from January to June 2022, it had uncovered 623 products that violated safety and labeling standards …
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On July 29, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment published a revised version of the implementation rules of the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (K-REACH). This amendment establishes …
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On July 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced the proposed amendment to the enforcement degree of the Chemical Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the CCA) …
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On July 20, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced a draft amendment to the Designation of, and Safety and Labeling Standards for, Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification …
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On June 24, 2022, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced an amendment to the “Guidelines on Separate Discharge Mark” (MOE Notification No. 2022-361). This amendment stipulates …
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On June 10, 2022, the Ministry of the Environment of South Korea published and enforced the revised “Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act” (Act No. 18911). In this amendment, the content …
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On May 31, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea published a draft amendment to Eco-label Target Products and Certification Criteria. The Ministry of Environment explained that it has …
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On May 30, 2022, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea and Korea Customs Service announced that as a result of an intensive inspection (from April 4 …
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On May 3, 2022, South Korea’s presidential transition committee announced 110 national tasks for the new administration. Among them, the following five items are listed as tasks related to the …
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On May 13, 2022, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea, together with 2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee secretariat, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the …
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On May 3, 2022, the government of South Korea published a Presidential Decree amending the Enforcement Decree of the Clean Air Conservation Act mainly to make the installation of IoT …
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On May 3, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment published a revised version of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources (Presidential …
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The Ministry of Environment of South Korea is in the process of providing administrative notice on the proposed enactment of the Regulations on Labeling and Advertising of Consumer Chemical Products …
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On April 27, 2022, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea published an amendment to the Operational Regulation on Equipment for Efficiency Management (Ministry of Trade, Industry …
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On April 25, 2022, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea announced the proposed amendment to the Rules on Occupational Safety and Health Standards, explaining that it will …
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On March 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea finalized the Enforcement Decree (Presidential Decree No. 32557) of the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth to …
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On March 15, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it would promote the Scheme for Simplification of Registration and Exemption Confirmation of Chemical Substances to simplify …
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On March 15, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that the Ministry shall completely revamp the noise management system, from acceptable noise standards to the management of …
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On March 7, 2022, National Institute of Environmental Research (hereinafter referred to as the NIER) under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea published the amendment of the Regulations on …
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On March 4, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a legislative notice, which lasts until April 13, 2022, of proposed partial amendments to the Presidential Decree on …
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On February 28, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea enacted a revised version of the Evaluation Criteria for Grading the Ease of Recycling of Packaging Materials (Ministry of …
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On February 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued draft “Regulations on Designation of Substances Subject to Authorization” which sets forth criteria for selecting and disclosing candidate …
South Korea
On February 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a draft amendment to the Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances and …
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On February 17, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea published amended versions of the Presidential Decree and Enforcement Regulations of Water Supply Act and announced that water saving equipment …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that, effective February 14, 2022, the products that require safety management under Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (hereinafter referred to as K-BPR) …
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On January 27, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that it had exposed 387 consumer chemical products that had been distributed in the market in violation of safety and …
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On January 28, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that it had published a draft amendment to the Designation of Substances Subject to Intensive Control to add 54 chemical …
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On January 7, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment published and simultaneously enforced the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Wastes Control Act, which includes the expansion of the …
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On December 29, 2021, South Korea Ministry of Environment published an amendment to the Designation of Restricted Substances and Prohibited Substances (Ministry of Environment Notification No. 2021-295). The main points …
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On December 22, 2021, South Korea Ministry of Environment disclosed a proposed amendment to the Designation of, and Safety and Labeling Standards for, Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification. …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment plans to revise the Regulations for Evaluation of Electric Vehicles to be Promoted (Ministry of Environment Notification No. 2021-744) in order to determine which electric …
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On November 19, 2021, South Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) published and enforced an amended Presidential Decree of Chemicals Control Act (CCA) by (No. 32128), which outlines information sharing among …
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South Korea Ministry of Environment plans to enforce the public notice regarding the partial amendment of the Guidelines for Allocation and Cancellation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Credits (administrative notice period: …
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On November 19, 2021, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced the proposed amendment to the Enforcement Regulations of Energy Use Rationalization Act to partially revise …
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On November 3, 2021, Yoon Joon Byeong, a member of the Environment and Labor Committee, made a representative motion to amend the Motor Vehicle Management Act in order to promote …
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South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced that it has deliberated and finalized 2050 carbon neutral scenario and nationally determined contribution (NDC) target for 2030 at the State Council on October …
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South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced that it will reorganize the existing Integrated Website for Low Emission Vehicles into the Integrated Website for Non-polluting Vehicles and build an integrated management …
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On November 4, 2021, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea released a draft amendment to the Eco-label Target Products and Certification Criteria (hereinafter “the draft amendment”). The draft …
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On October 14, 2021, South Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) published a revised Enforcement Decree on the K-REACH which stipulates that when designating any substance subject to authorization, the government …
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On September 30, 2021, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea published a revised Enforcement Rules of the Chemicals Control Act, which came into effect on the same day. The …
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On September 24, 2021, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued a legislative notice of partial amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Ac to …
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