More than half of Korean-brand vehicles sold in Korea in the first six months of the year were diesel-powered... as drivers sought out cars with better fuel efficiency... and that run on cheaper fuel.<br />According to industry data released on Tuesday, five local automakers, including Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors,… sold nearly 900-thousand vehicles from January to the end of June.<br />Of those, over 466-thousand, or nearly 52 percent, were diesel cars.<br />Out of the ten best-selling models, six were diesel-powered like Hyundai's Porter truck and Kia's Carnival.<br />The ratio of imported diesel-powered cars has been on a sharp rise as well... topping the 50 percent mark in 2012. <br /><br />Title: Obama unveils Clean Power Plan in line with worrying climate data<br />"빙하 역대 최고 빠른 속도로 녹아내리는 중"<br />A recent global study shows the world's glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate.<br />The release of the worrying report coincided with U.S. President Barack Obama announcing his plans to tackle climate change by slashing carbon emissions over the next 15 years.<br />Sohn Jung-in has the details.<br /><br />Glaciers worldwide are melting at a faster rate than ever before.<br />According to a new study by the World Glacier Monitoring Service, glaciers are currently losing between 50 to 100 centimeters of thickness every year. <br />That means they are melting two to three times quicker than the corresponding average recorded during the 20th century.<br />The study,... published on Monday,... is based on data collected from more than 30 countries over the past 120 years.<br /><br />Coincidentally, on the same day the worrying statistics were released, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan, one of the key pillars of his administration's plans to tackle man-made climate change.<br />Under the plan, the United States will reduce carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.<br />Speaking at the White House on Monday, a few months before international climate talks in Paris,... Obama said the world may not be abl
