Recent notices of pending legislation posted on the ROK Ministry of Environment website. 

Ministry of Environment

• Draft public notice of construction materials emitting pollutants, specifically those emitting formaldehyde at unacceptably high levels.  Posted July 16, and effective upon promulgation.  A total of 13 products are identified.  The public comment period runs through August 4, 2009. [Source]

National Assembly

• Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Four Major River Systems.  Posted July 15; most provisions effective 1 year from promulgation.  This would replace the four separate laws currently governing the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan-Seomjin river systems with a single unified regulatory framework.  Additional provisions include:
  
• strengthened controls on pollution sources in the Nakdong River system,
  
• restrictions on siting of factories and tourist lodgings in riparian zones,
  
• establishment of centers for the support of riparian ecology management, and
• lifting of requirements for corporations to submit plans for the reduction of specified pollutants.
  

A sample translation of the Addenda will be posted here shortly.  It should be noted that there is considerable political debate over the provisions of this Act.  The public comment period runs through August 4, 2009. [Source]

The following is a translation of the sole claim of a Korean patent filed for a method of preparing Oriental herbal medicines in order to treat cancer, as disclosed in ROK Laid-Open Patent Gazette 1994-0013527. 

There are a variety of approaches that can be taken in translating material of this nature, depending on the needs of the client. To illustrate some of these possibilities, in this case, I have preferred the common name -- where available -- to the scientific name, with the pharmaceutical name in parentheses. However, depending on the client's needs, it might be preferred to use the scientific name rather than the common name, or to omit the pharmaceutical name entirely.

Recent notices of pending legislation posted on the ROK Ministry of Environment website.  These were posted on June 30 and July 1; there were no new notices posted through July 12.

(Clean Air Conservation Act Enforcement Regulation, Soil Environment Conservation Act, Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation Act)

The following is a translation of the principal claim from Korean Registered Patent Gazette No. 10-0417679, "Roasting Apparatus for Seasoning Seaweed," registered 27 January 2004 by Jun-Cheol Kim.  This is the first of 7 claims in total.  The original patent is available on KIPRIS.