Environmental concerns such as global warming are expected to be a hot topic in Korea this year.
It's of course just one of the many social issues Koreans will be facing in 2008.
Kang Minji has more.
With 2007 headed to the history books, Koreans are looking forward to a new year and wondering what it will bring.
The year begins just after Korea's worst-ever oil spill hit the nation's west coast in December.
It gloomed the year's end, but has surely brought the public's attention to major environmental issues for the new year.
According to the so-called "Bali Roadmap", adopted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Korea will soon be under international pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"Nearly 190 countries agreed to work together to create a treaty by 2009. Korea should start planning thoroughly how it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet the mandatory quota. The government and NGOs like us will also need to cooperate in setting up appropriate pol...|
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