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Seoul, South Korea is now home to the world’s tallest LEGO skyscraper – the LEGO World Tower! Built to celebrate LEGO’s 80th birthday, the tower reached a record-breaking 104.65 feet. The previous reigning tallest LEGO tower in France was just an inch shorter, at 103.67 feet.

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Read the rest of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Unveil Dancing Dragons Towers With Scaly, Breathable Skin

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A California dairy cow recently tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as mad cow disease. While the news has resurrected fears about the illness, the United States Department of Agriculture has been quick to highlight that the cow, located in California’s Central Valley, was not tied to the food chain, and that humans are not at risk of contracting the human form, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which causes rapid brain degeneration. This assurance has not prevented some South Korean retailers from halting sales of US beef into the country as memories of the massive UK outbreak in the early 1990s which claimed the lives of 180,000 cattle and over 150 people remain fresh in the consciousness of many.

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Read the rest of EWHA Woman’s University is a Green-Roofed Constructed Canyon in Seoul

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It has been 10,000 years since woolly mammoths last roamed the earth, but if scientists in South Korea have their way the giant creatures could come back to life. Russian academics have signed a deal with Hwang Woo-Suk from South Korea’s Sooam Biotech Research Foundation to attempt to clone an extinct mammoth. For the cloning, the Korean scientists will utilize bone marrow in well-preserved mammoth bones that were discovered last summer in the thawed permafrost of Siberia.

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In the wake of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, residents of South Korea are understandably reticent to back plans for any expansion of nuclear power; instead the state-run utility company, Korea Electric Power Corp, has announced plans to install Smart Meters in all of the nation’s homes by 2020, which will help people to manage their power consumption and hopefully remove the need for an additional nuclear power plant in as little as four years.

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South Korea recently announced that it will curtail the use of printed printed paper textbooks by investing $2 trillion to develop digital textbooks for all subjects and all schools by 2015. The new digital textbooks will not only contain the contents of ordinary textbooks, but also utilize other reference resources such as multimedia in order to help children learn.

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The citizens living off the Han River in Seoul, South Korea inaugurated the world’s largest floating island just last week with great excitement! With two more islands slated to open in September, the recently opened Viva is already drawing crowds en masse with its first-rate entertainment complex. The stunning structure includes a 700 seat convention hall, restaurants and arcades — all powered by solar energy. When the development is completed, the trio of islands will be linked together by twenty-three weather-proof chains.

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Read the rest of Space Invaders: NL Architects Unveils Green-Roofed Apartments That Resemble the Classic Video Game

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Electronics company Samsung has made a $7.04 billion commitment to the government to construct a massive eco-friendly production facility in South Korea. The reclaimed wetland area of Saemangeum has been awarded to Samsung by the South Korean Government for the development of the facility. The green town will boast a wind-power generator, solar battery house, research headquarters and 20,000 employee homes.


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With electric buses, a huge forthcoming wind farm, and dozens of ecotastic buildings, South Korea is a leader in implementing sustainable development and promoting greener choices. As a part of a new policy plan announced by the Ministry of Environment, the Asian country has begun offering “green credits” for consumers who embrace a low-carbon lifestyle. The ministry issued green credit chips that are embedded into consumers’ credit cards. The chips store points when a cardholder buys certified green products or pays for green services, like public transportation.  The credits can be redeemed for cash or they can be used to lower utility bills. Something as simple as saying no to a paper cup at a coffee shop or properly recycling batteries can rack up the carbon points.

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Many countries have invested in green public transportation as of late, with both the UK and the US implementing trial electric bus services. However South Korea set to surpass both nations as the Seoul Metropolitan Governmentrecently rolled out the world’s first commercial all-electric bus service!

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We first wrote about Korea’s Songdo IBD back in September, and now we’re thrilled to report that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has just awarded the ambitious eco-city’s convention center a LEED NC 2.2 “Certified” rating, making it the first LEED-certified convention facility in Asia! Called Songdo Convensia and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the beautiful undulating structure walks the green walk as much as it talks the green talk.

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This gorgeous “Green Energy Theme Park” was designed by H Associates for the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), which held a contest to design their new Naju, South Korea headquarters. H Associates went all out with sloping green roofs, integrated solar power, a wind field, geothermal power, water reclamation and a whole host of other green features. The 29-story tower that emerges from the center of the park is a beacon of green design.

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