January 19, 2011

This illustration file photo shows a model wearing a high-tech thermal bra. Government buildings in South Korea have to keep the office temperature below 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit) and state employees are encouraged to wear thermal underwear to battle the cold. South Korea civil servants have been ordered to do their public duty by switching off the heating and donning long johns as the severe cold puts a strain on power resources, according to officials.
According to some South Korean officials said the South Korean government asked civil servants to perform public service, turn off the heating, put on Qiuyi Qiuku, in response to cold weather caused power resource constraints of the situation.
In an emergency energy savings plan, all ministries and state-run companies have been told to turn off the heating from 11:00 am to noon and 5:00-6:00 pm, the Knowledge Economy Ministry said.
Ministry of Knowledge Economy said the government introduced an emergency energy plan to require all ministries and state-owned enterprises at 11 am to 12 pm and 5 pm to 6 pm Stop heating supply.
Government buildings have to keep the office temperature below 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit) and state employees are encouraged to wear thermal underwear to battle the cold, it said.
Under the plan, all government offices are required to room temperature to 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit) below, while the government to promote civil servants to wear thermal underwear warm.
“Offices will be quite cold under the required temperature, so state employees, whether encouraged or not, will end up wearing thermal underwear anyway,” a ministry official, Roh Keon-Ki, told AFP. < br />
named Lu Jianji government official told AFP correspondent said: “transferred to the specified temperature, the office is certainly very cold, so do not mention whether the government advocate, civil servant who will wear thermal underwear come to work. “
Officials will patrol state buildings to check the temperature, he said.
He also said officials will visit in the office, check the temperature.
“We e trying to set an example because the country may face a severe electricity shortage if the current pace (of heating consumption) continues.”
“We try to lead by example If it is also at the present rate to burn calories, so South Korea could face serious electricity shortage. “
Knowledge Economy Minister Choi Kyung-Hwan warned last week of possible blackouts after electricity demand soared to record highs this winter.
winter demand for electricity in Korea reached a record high, Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung-hwan last week warned that it could cause power outages.
Sunday temperature in Seoul fell to a 10-year record low of minus 17.8 degrees Celsius. Large parts of the Han river that bisects the capital are frozen over.
last week Day (16) Seoul minimum temperature dropped to minus 17.8 degrees Celsius, a record 10 year low temperature. Will be cut off from Seoul Han River caused extensive ice.
The temperature in the southeastern port of Busan sank to minus 12.8 degrees Sunday, the lowest level in 96 years, causing the death of a homeless man.
southeastern port of Korea city ??of Busan on Sunday the minimum temperature dropped to minus 12.8 degrees Celsius, minimum temperature 96 years. A tramp was frozen to death alive.
Water supplies in the southeastern city of Gimhae were cut off Sunday after pipes burst.
Gimhae South Korea on Sunday occurred southeast of cracking pipes, water supply was cut off.
Vocabulary: don: to put clothes, etc. on (put on; wear; wear)
long johns: warm underpants with long legs down to the ankles ( to the ankle) long underwear, pants
thermal underwear: underwear
blackout: a period of darkness caused by an electrical power failure (power failure; power) < br />
bisect: to divide something into two equal parts (divided in half; second points)