The Korea Herald has reported that Korea's Environment Ministry found distressingly high levels of cadmium in the Nakdong River near the Seokpo smelter. Cadmium is a toxic metal found naturally in ...

Controversy over the environmental pollution by Young Poong, the world’s sixth-largest zinc producer, has persisted despite the suspension of operations at its Seokpo refinery for discharging polluted ...

The former Lee Myung-bak administration overlooked and even encouraged collusion among builders in a bid to speed up ...