UAE participates in a seminar on 'Advanced Water Management Policies and Technologies, in Korea arabherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arabherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An Omani delegation comprising a number of government and private agencies, headed by Mohsin bin Hamad Al Hadhrami, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, is on a visit to the Republic of South Korea.
Despite the environment ministry s conditional approval of a plan to build a second airport on Jeju Island, the already long-delayed project still seems to have a long way to go before construction begins due to unceasing protests from those accusing the ministry of giving up on its primary role of preserving the country s natural environment. Ever since the plan was first proposed in 1990, opening another international airport for the global tourism hotspot has been a hot-button issue.
Korea and Indonesia signed the Green Transition Initiative last November to provide the Southeast Asian country with development assistance to expand the use of electric vehicles. The initiative, signed on the sidelines of the G20 Bali Summit, seeks to help Indonesia, with a population of 276 million, develop a more eco-friendly auto market. The pact also benefits Korea s automobile industry, which will provide technical skills to help Indonesia transition to EVs.