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South Korea in grip of power crisis

2013-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: South Korea ordered government offices to turn off their air conditioning as two power plants shut down Monday, a day after a minister warned of an imminent national energy crisis. The Dangjin III plant, with a capacity of 500,000 kw, was taken offline by mechanical issues and will likely remain shut for a week, a spokesman for the state power distributor Korea Power Exchange said. Technical problems also shut down the nearby Seocheon power plant Monday morning. Although operations resumed...

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South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs

2013-08-11 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: South Korea has warned of serious power shortages this week amid an expected rise in summer temperatures and as the resources-starved country struggles to keep up with demand after six nuclear plants have gone off-line. The energy ministry said it may take emergency measures such as rolling power cuts to avoid a repeat of 2011 blackouts which cut electricity to businesses and homes across the country. Separately, the ministry said some major companies, including Kia Motors Corp and Hyundai...

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South Korea says concerned about U.S. decision on some Apple models

2013-08-05 14:34:17| MobileTechNews

The government of South Korea expressed concern today about the decision from the Obama administration to veto an import ban on some of the older iPhone and iPad models.

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