The South Korean government's rules on cutting single-use plastics a few years ago crumbled under resistance and backtracking. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): South Korea talks tough on plastic, but hesitates when it comes to binding global rules.
At UN-led treaty negotiations in Geneva this summer, Seoul drew fire for resisting stronger measures to curb plastic pollution – despite President Lee Jae-myung’s pledge just weeks earlier to deliver a national road map for phasing out plastics by 2025.
