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The mayor of a South Korean city where two major U.S. military bases are located called for the loosening of building codes to alleviate aircraft noise pollution. ....
Hundreds of Boy Scouts arrived at this Army base over the weekend, driven from the World Scout Jamboree nearby by an extreme heat wave, according to the Boy Scouts of America. ....
Samsung Electronics has secured a stable supply of water for its semiconductor manufacturing plants in Korea. The chipmaker said Wednesday that it signed an agreement with the government to reuse treated sewage water for industrial use. The company said it agreed with the Ministry of Environment, K-water, Korea Environment Corporation, Gyeonggi Province and five Gyeonggi provincial cities, including Hwaseong, Pyeongtaek, Yongin, Suwon and Osan, to receive the water. ....
Pyeongtaek, where Camp Humphreys is located, reported that roughly 42% of the city’s COVID-19 cases between Jan. 3 and 16 stemmed from people affiliated with the U.S. military, a public health official said. ....