SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is promising to shrink its reliance on coal power as part of its pledge to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, but that ambition is at odds ...

South Korea clearly knows how to host global climate events. However, far too often, real action takes a backseat to pageantry. Busan, 2035. The city’s skyline is framed by offshore wind turbines that ...

In 2022, South Korea generated just 5.4% of its energy from wind and solar, less than half the global average of 12%, and far behind neighboring Japan and China, energy think tank Ember said, adding ...

Climate Action Tracker estimates that South Korea must achieve a domestic emissions reduction of at least 59 percent by 2030 to satisfy this threshold. This gap highlights the imperative for the ...

A group of Korean farmers has filed a landmark lawsuit in South Korea seeking financial compensation for climate-related damage. The target is Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), the state-owned ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled on Aug. 29 that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists, who wept for joy on the ...

Choi Hee-woo was a 20-week-old embryo when he joined a landmark climate lawsuit in South Korea. At the time, his mother was planning to make Choi’s older sibling a plaintiff in a lawsuit that argued ...