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Deep Dive

Why the Last Kilowatt-Hour on a Korean Summer Bill Costs More Than Twice the First

Homes alone pay a three-step tariff whose summer blocks still sit at 300 and 450 kWh—while August bills rose 13% on 9% more use.

Haeun Song 송하은 Oct 9, 2026

Wide urban river with a small dredging barge and floating boom, greenish surface film near the bank, runners path and guardrail in foreground under hazy morning light, no logos or readable text

Environment Ministry Orders Han River Algal Bloom Dredging Before Seoul Marathon

The Environment Ministry ordered targeted Han River dredging and weir adjustments before the Seoul International Marathon, citing late-summer cyanobacteria mats that raised microcystin monitoring near the Jamsil course.

Haeun Song 송하은 Sep 22, 2026

Environment from around the world

Downed power lines and uprooted trees block a red-dirt road in Alice Springs after a severe storm, with bent street signs and a darkened motel facade visible under bruised desert clouds.

Alice Springs Storm Leaves Nine Thousand Properties Without Power

Freya Bennett Oct 12, 2026Australia

Dry grass and eucalyptus on a ridge above suburban Sydney under hazy orange sky as heat shimmers over the horizon

NSW Declares Total Fire Ban for Greater Sydney and Hunter as Temperatures Near 37C

Freya Bennett Oct 12, 2026Australia

Pacific seawall in Kanagawa prefecture with warning flags, large breakers crashing, overcast Sports Day holiday crowd keeping distance

JMA Warns Kanto and Izu Beachgoers of Koguma Swells on Final Holiday Monday

Yuto Shimizu 清水悠人 Oct 12, 2026Japan

Villagers stand on the eroded Ganga bank near Bhagalpur as engineers stack sandbags where a temple and houses collapsed into the river.

Ganga Erosion Destroys Homes and Temple in Bihar as River Swallows Mahadevpur Embankment

Aisha Rahman আয়শা রহমান Oct 11, 2026India

Low coral atoll shoreline with palm trees and turquoise water under overcast skies on the Cocos Keeling Islands

Cocos Islands Delegation Loses Federal COP31 Funding as Pacific Pre-Talks Wrap

Freya Bennett Oct 11, 2026Australia

Environment Agency workers placing temporary flood barriers along a swollen English river under low gray autumn clouds

Britain Launches Flood Taskforce as Ministers Brace for Extreme Winter Rain

Fiona MacLeod Oct 11, 2026United Kingdom

Wind-measurement masts on a misty Yorkshire moor with rolling hills and a distant RAF training route marker

Fred Olsen Renewables Wind Farm Plan Draws MOD Radar Objection on Yorkshire Moors

Fiona MacLeod Oct 10, 2026United Kingdom

Palm trees bend in heavy rain along a Gulf Coast road as dark storm clouds churn over the ocean near a beach town.

Hurricane Isaias Makes Category 2 Landfall Near Destin as Storm Surge Threatens Gulf Coast

Olivia Davis Oct 10, 2026United States

Commuters wearing white N95 masks walk past hazy skyline views of Marina Bay Sands during late-afternoon smog in Singapore.

Islandwide Mask Stockpile Unveiled for Elderly Residents as Particle Readings Touch Season Peak During Grand Prix Week

Benjamin Ong Oct 10, 2026Singapore

Orange disaster-response workers operate portable pumps beside a flooded Chiba residential street with mud-stained houses and collapsed embankment debris.

TEC-FORCE Launches Overnight Drainage at Sakurai Estate Where Floodwaters Still Top 95 Centimetres

Yuto Shimizu 清水悠人 Oct 10, 2026Japan

Hazy skyline over Singapore public housing blocks with a faint sun disk and muted city lights in late morning

NEA Logs 177 Air-Quality Reading in Heartland During Indonesian Smoke Surge

Benjamin Ong Oct 9, 2026Singapore

Rescue workers in helmets wade through floodwater past submerged cars in a Chiba neighborhood after Typhoon Dujuan

Typhoon Dujuan Leaves Nine Dead in Kanto as Rescuers Search for Four Missing

Yuto Shimizu 清水悠人 Oct 8, 2026Japan