Environment✓ verified

UN Minamata Convention on Mercury → Korea Mercury Management

BProbable echo

Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

A single score cannot prove an echo. This card triangulates semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.

Probable echo

Semantic

Strong semantic alignment

Temporal

Global precedent precedes Korea

Linkage

Official Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)

Tier B — Probable echo — agency/committee linkage + global-first timing + semantic signal

Multilingual semantic similarity

cosine similarity (method detail)0.807

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.807); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…

•Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
•Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
•A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Bprobable echo · 72%

SemanticStrong semantic alignment
TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
LinkageOfficial Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)

Matched concepts: Minamata Convention ↔ 수은; mercury ↔ 잔류성오염물질; Korea ↔ 비준

Cross-lingual similarity 48/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: treaty ratification → statutory transposition (renaming + scope expansion of existing pollutants act)

Matched Concepts

3 pairs

GlobalKorean Echo

Minamata Convention

↓→

수은

mercury

↓→

잔류성오염물질

Korea

↓→

비준

Original (Global)

The Minamata Convention^① on Mercury^② is a UNEP-brokered multilateral environmental treaty adopted on 10 October 2013 in Kumamoto, Japan, and entered into force globally on 16 August 2017 after the 50th ratification. It controls the full mercury^② life cycle: Article 3 (supply and trade), Article 4 (phase-out of mercury^②-added products, e.g., thermometers, blood-pressure devices, certain batteries and lamps), Article 5 (manufacturing processes that use mercury^②), Article 7 (artisanal and small-scale gold mining), and Articles 9-11 (emissions, releases, and waste/contaminated sites). The Republic of Korea^③ signed on 24 September 2014.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 2014년 9월 24일 「수은^①에 관한 미나마타협약」에 서명하였고, 2019년 11월 22일 유엔(사무총장)에 비준^③서를 기탁하여 기탁 90일 후인 2020년 2월 20일 협약이 국내 발효되었다(소관: 외교부·환경부). 미나마타협약은 2013년 10월 10일 일본 구마모토에서 채택되어 50번째 비준^③서 기탁 90일 후인 2017년 8월 16일 국제적으로 발효되었다. 국내 이행기반 구축을 위해 기존 「잔류성유기오염물질 관리법」을 「법률 제13886호」(2016. 1. 27. 공포)로 일부개정하여 제명을 「잔류성오염물질^② 관리법」으로 변경하고(‘유기’를 삭제하여 무기물질인 수은^①을 포괄), 수은^① 및 수은^①화합물의 제조·수출입·사용을 제한하는 규정을 신설하였다. 수은^① 관련 개정규정은 미나마타협약이 우리나라에 효력을 발생하는 날(2020. 2. 20.)부터 시행되었다. 주요 내용으로는 허용용도 수은^① 수출 시 90일 전 승인 신청 및 수입국 서면동의 확인, 비전자식 계측기기(체온계·혈압계 등)의 제조·수출입·사용 금지, 취급 시 보호장구 착용 의무, 휴·폐업 시 환경오염 방지 안전조치 의무 등이 포함된다. 주무부처는 환경부이며 국가기술표준원·식품의약품안전처·농촌진흥청이 부문별로 협력한다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified

hasKoreanSource

hasGlobalSource

hasDate

keywordDiversity

agendaTags

Origin

UNUNEP

Timeline

2013 Minamata Convention adopted → 2017 global entry into force → 2016 Korean amendment (법률 제13886호) renaming POPs Act → 2019 Korean ratification (deposit 2019-11-22) → 2020-02-20 domestic entry into force

treaty ratification → statutory transposition (renaming + scope expansion of existing pollutants act)

Regional DiffusionJP · TW · SG · CN

Relay

▶

🇯🇵2015

🇹🇼2016

🇨🇳2016

🇸🇬2017

🇰🇷2019

Japan (2013/2015 origin) -> China & Taiwan 2016 -> Singapore 2017 -> Korea 2019: Japan-led East-Asian relay

Sources

🌍minamataconvention.org archived

🇰🇷국가법령정보센터 · 잔류성오염물질 관리법 (구 잔류성유기오염물질 관리법, 법률 제13886호 제명 변경)archived

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Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

Minamata Convention (Mercury-Added Products) → Korea Environmental Health Act

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cos 0.92

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cos 0.91

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Environment

cos 0.91

EU WEEE / RoHS → Korea E-Waste Resource Circulation Act

Other

cos 0.91

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Labor & Work

cos 0.90

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Keywords

Minamata Convention on Mercurymercurymercury compounds수은수은화합물미나마타협약잔류성오염물질 관리법잔류성유기오염물질 관리법법률 제13886호환경부Ministry of Environmentmercury-added productsdental amalgam비전자식 계측기기UNEP수은 수출입 승인Article 4 Minamatapersistent pollutants management act수은 노출 중독 방지ratification 2019

Score Guide

Confidence — Editorial judgment, now shown as a confidence tier (A–D) based on semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence. Not proof of causation.

Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.

Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.