Author: Yi hyun Kang


Yi hyun Kang

Yi hyun Kang is a PhD student at the School of Governance, Technical University of Munich, former journalist at Pressian, a Korean online newspaper. She is interested in climate change, water and policy change issues.

Open the window for fresh air? Not in Korea

by Yi hyun Kang
May 23, 2018

South Koreans are more concerned with air pollution than with North Korea’s nuclear weapons – and with good reason. On some days in Seoul, the air is too full of fine particles to go outside. While some blame China, about half of Korean pollution is from diesel cars and coal plants. Yi hyun Kang looks at what can be done.

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Will South Korea’s energy transition include nuclear?

by Yi hyun Kang
March 27, 2018

President Moon wants South Korea to begin scaling down nuclear energy, but a citizen committee supports maintaining the share of nuclear energy in the energy mix. Nevertheless, grassroots renewable energy movements are growing. Yi hyun Kang looks at the latest from the Korean energy sector.

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