Environment
Incheon to Host Songdo Tidal Flat Migratory Bird Watching Contest… Applications Open Sept. 1
The Incheon Metropolitan Government will hold a bird-watching contest at the Songdo tidal flat, a world-renowned stopover for migratory birds, and will begin accepting applications on Sept. 1. Anyone…
Incheon Launches Integrated Response to Climate Crisis and Air Quality… Hosts ‘2026 Air Quality Policy Forum’
The city of Incheon has begun crafting a broad, integrated solution by treating the climate crisis and air pollution as a single challenge. The Incheon Metropolitan Government (Mayor Park…
Incheon Creates ‘Air Lounge’ Fine-Dust Safe Zones, Pushes to Cut Everyday Odors
Incheon Metropolitan City is launching a full-scale project to create a more pleasant environment, built on two pillars: the creation of 'community-based air lounges' that protect residents from fine…
Incheon Provides 1.2 Billion Won in Early-Scrappage Subsidies for Aging Diesel Vehicles… Additional Applications Open Sept. 1
The city of Incheon will begin accepting additional applications for its early-scrappage support program for aging diesel vehicles starting September 1. Drawing on roughly 1.2 billion won left over…
Ongjin County releases 350,000 juvenile rockfish into waters off the five West Sea islands
On the 19th, the Fisheries Seed Research Institute under the Fisheries Division of Ongjin-gun County (Governor Jang Jeong-min) released about 350,000 juvenile rockfish into waters off Seonjin Port on Daecheongdo…
Yeongjong-gu District, Comprehensive Measures Centered on ‘Environmental Cleanup TF’ to Root Out Abandoned Waste
Incheon's Yeongjong-gu District (District Chief Son Hwa-jung) announced on the 13th that it has drawn up comprehensive measures to root out the chronic local problem of illegally and long-abandoned waste…
Mongolian Forest Planted by Incheon Citizens Grows into a City-Cooperation Model Drawing Global Attention
A tree-planting movement that Incheon citizens launched to curb yellow dust from Mongolia has grown, over 19 years, into a model of international environmental cooperation between cities. Incheon Metropolitan…
Incheon Completes Gyosancheon Stream Improvement in Ganghwa… Easing Flood Fears from Torrential Rain
The Incheon Metropolitan Government (Mayor Park Chan-dae) announced that it has recently completed the Gyosancheon Flood-Prone Area Improvement Project, spanning from Gyosan-ri in Yangsa-myeon to the coastline of Bukseong-ri…
Yeongjong-gu District Holds Joint Nighttime Crackdown on Noisy Vehicles Along Haneul-daero
Incheon's Yeongjong-gu District (Mayor Son Hwa-jeong) conducted a joint nighttime crackdown on vehicle noise and illegal tuning along Haneul-daero in Jungsan-dong on the evening of the 3rd, working together with…
Incheon Pentaport cuts single-use waste by 2.7 tons with 190,000 reusable containers
The city of Incheon reduced single-use waste by 2.7 tons after successfully establishing a reusable-container circulation system at a large-scale music festival. The 190,000 reusable containers supplied were returned…
