AGP Executive Report
Last update: 16 minutes agoWildfire Risk & Costs: A new study says 2025 was the costliest wildfire year on record, with fewer hectares burned but fires hitting populated areas harder—killing about 90 people and forcing roughly 300,000 evacuations, while wildfire-related emissions still totaled about 11 billion tonnes of CO2. Invasive Summer Pest Watch: Korea’s “lovebugs” (saprophagous flies) are expected to surge earlier and in higher numbers this month, with peak activity forecast for June 24 and the main outbreak window running June 15–29 as early heat shifts weather patterns. Korea–Africa Green Cooperation: At the Korea–Africa Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Seoul, both sides agreed to deepen cooperation for shared prosperity, including supply chains for critical minerals and support for sustainable growth. Healing Tourism Push: South Korea is rolling out the Healing Tourism Industry Act in practice, selecting 20 wellness sites nationwide for global marketing support and multilingual upgrades. Tech & Climate-Adjacent Security: Malaysia begins enforcing a nationwide ban on social media accounts for children under 16, requiring age verification and platform safeguards—part of a wider push to reduce harmful online impacts.
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