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Pollution and devastating environmental conditions are the theme in most large Asian cities. Seoul’s green transformation offers hope for the possibility of creating more livable urban spaces throughout Asia.

Choi Seung-kuk, the Secretary General of Green Korea, one of South Korea’s largest environmental organizations, has officially bowed out as an Olympic torch bearer. In a press interview this morning, Mr. Choi cited China’s aggression in Tibet as his main reason for refusing to carry the Olympic torch when it arrives in Seoul, the capital city, on April 27.

South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet rays.

Environmentalists say effects from an oil spill off the South Korean coast could last for years. Thousands of gallons of crude oil are washing ashore, coating oyster beds and devastating the region’s aqautic industries.

housands of people used shovels and buckets Sunday to clean up a devastating oil spill at a scenic beach in South Korea's western coast, some battling headaches and nausea from the stench.