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South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok unveiled the country's plan to bolster green investment in the private sector by establishing a venture capital fund worth 23 trillion won ($16.6 billion), the ministry said Friday. Emphasizing the importance of leveraging private capital for climate financing, Choi made the announcement during the Group of 20 finance leaders' meeting held in Washington on Wednesd.
South Korea's nuclear strategy is likely to stay, regardless of the outcome of its 10 April national assembly elections, although a majority win for the People Power Party (PPP) could further threaten its renewable energy ambitions.
Manufacturing sectors in the country will begin a transformation by deploying artificial intelligence (AI) technologies around assembly lines in production plants as the government is seeking to resolve a chronic worker shortage problem, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Wednesday.
Korea s Carbon Free (CF) Alliance is struggling to get global firms to participate as the country s fledgling initiative tries to build up its environmental efforts worldwide so as to reduce global carbon emissions, according to the Seoul-based organization and industry experts, Tuesday.