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  2. Air pollution in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    Pollution in South Korea is visible on some nights. Air pollution in South Korea is an increasing threat to people and the environment. The air pollution comes from many sources, both domestic and international. Many forms of pollution have increased in South Korea since its rapid industrialization, especially in Seoul and other cities.

  3. Pollution in Korea - Wikipedia

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    Pollution in Korea has become diversified and serious due to rapid industrialization and urbanization since the 1960s. [1] The causes of environmental pollution, both in South and North Korea, can be found in population growth, urban concentration, and industrial structure, similar to the rest of the world.

  4. Environmental conditions of South Korea - Wikipedia

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    South Korea has the highest level of environmental pollution among OECD countries. With a population density of 492 people per square kilometer, it ranks third in the world, with more than half of the population living in the Seoul metropolitan area, which accounts for 11.8% of the land area. Therefore, since the population density of the ...

  5. Environment of South Korea - Wikipedia

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    Environment - current issues: air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; acid rain; drift net fishing. Forests were cleared over many centuries for use as firewood and as building materials. However, they have rebounded since the 1970s as a result of intensive reforestation efforts. The ...

  6. ‘Black boxes’ from crashed South Korean plane stopped ...

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    Flight recorders from the passenger jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing more than 170 people, stopped working minutes before the plane belly-landed and exploded on the runway ...

  7. List of most-polluted cities by particulate matter concentration

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    The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively).

  8. Sobbing and prayers echo through South Korean airport as ...

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    The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims aboard a passenger jet that crash ...

  9. Police raid airline's offices after crash killed 179 people ...

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    South Korean police raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport Thursday as they step up a probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 that killed 179 people ...