It has been confirmed that there are as many as 10 places in laws and regulations regulating air pollutant emissions where Hanja (Chinese character) markings need to be corrected.

According to data provided by the Ministry of Government Legislation to Representative Choi Ki-sang of the Democratic Party of Korea, a review concluded that revisions are needed for five terms out of 99 Hanja markings in the enforcement rule of the Clean Air Conservation Act.

For instance, the facility term "yeonso (combustion) facility" mistakenly used the Hanja meaning "to twist" instead of the correct Hanja for "to burn," and "tanhwa (carbonization) facility" used the Hanja for "fire" instead of "to become."

Additionally, "soyeon facility" used the Hanja meaning "to revive" instead of "originally," and "gwonchwi facility" used the Hanja for "book" instead of "to roll."

There were also expressions that failed to follow the standard initial sound rule (duem beopchik).

Representative Choi emphasized that in order to change legal terms into easy-to-understand Korean, the original meanings of existing terms must first be accurately verified, urging the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment to swiftly correct the errors and inspect all laws under its jurisdiction.

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