South Korea will shut down up to a quarter of its coal-fired generators for three months this winter in an effort to curb air pollution.. The country’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ...

In 2017 some findings, made jointly by NASA and South Korea's National Institute of Environmental Research, found that over 50 percent of the air pollution in Korea is homegrown.

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (UPI) --South Korea issued Tuesday dust advisories in some parts of the country as microdust particles and yellow dust blow in from China. The Korea Meteorological Administration ...

South Korea is a perfect venue for this kind of mission, ranking 173 out of 180 countries for air pollution in a recent study by Yale University.The same study found half of the world’s ...

South Korean Air Pollution Puts Focus on Government, China March 08, 2019 10:28 AM By Kurt Achin; A student wearing a mask uses his mobile phone during a polluted day in Seoul, South Korea, March ...

Some say the polluted air comes from China - studies have suggested that as much as 60% of South Korea's air pollution comes from its western neighbour's industrial sites and coal plants.

A research team led by POSTECH Professor Hyung Joo Lee found that NO2 exposure levels were consistently higher in areas with higher socioeconomic status—an outcome shaped by South Korea ...

The South Korean government issued the particle pollution alert as the density of microdust particles PM 2.5 in the air continues to exceed the minimum limit of 50 ㎍/㎥ for two days.

Many South Koreans accused China when pollution surged for three days earlier this month, and on Friday the Korea Meterological Administration (KMA) sent an aircraft to disperse silver iodide, a ...

NASA, South Korea, and the European Space Agency are collaborating on a project to monitor air pollution from space. It will allow scientists to measure pollution every hour from space for the ...

How wildfire air pollution in U.S. compares to Beijing, ... But South Korea's automobiles and heavy industry add their own smog to the miasma — as does, reportedly, North Korea.

South Korea's air quality is notoriously bad at certain times of the year, ... Air pollution in South Korea: a long way to go . Posted : 2023-06-01 16:20. Updated : 2023-06-01 16:20.