Parts of South Korea and Japan have had short rainy seasons this year. Scientists say that climate change has helped make the ...

The policy targets day labourers involved in public outdoor projects. South Korea plans to launch a climate insurance product ...

Human-induced climate change made the ultra-dry and warm conditions that fanned South Korea's deadliest wildfires in history this March twice as likely and more intense, researchers said Thursday.

Human-caused climate crisis doubled the chances of the extreme weather that fuelled South Korea ’s deadliest wildfires, a new study has found. The fires, which broke out in southeast Korea on 22 ...

Last month, South Korea’s Constitutional Court held that the country’s current climate measures were insufficient for safeguarding citizens’ rights, particularly those of younger generations ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists ...

Unseasonably high temperatures have swept across South Korea and Japan, contributing to dangerous wildfire conditions from March 21, 2025, to March 26, 2025. Human-caused climate change has ...

The ruling in South Korea followed the German Federal Constitutional Court’s 2021 landmark ruling, which mandated stronger action on climate to protect the rights of future generations.

South Korea’s top court said Thursday that the government must do more to fight climate change in a landmark ruling.

ULLEUNG ISLAND, South Korea/ISHINOMAKI, Japan -- Working under a sprawling blue sky and dazzling sunlight, Kim Hae-soo is feeling the heat changing the South Korean waters he has fished for 44 ...

South Korea's worst ever wildfires in March were made twice as likely as a result of climate change and such disasters could become even more frequent if temperatures continue to rise, scientists ...