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According to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Seoul is one of the world's cities with the worst air pollution. From 2009 and 2013, the city's mean PM 10 were higher than in many of the largest metropolitan cities in the world such as: Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, and London.
[2] [page needed] According to an analysis of the "2019 World Air Quality Report" published by AirVisual, a global air pollution investigator, Korea ranked first in ultrafine dust pollution concentration among OECD members, showing that it is the worst air pollution country. [5] [6] Air pollution in Korea is becoming more serious. [7]
In addition, it is estimated that about 16% of the deaths in 2010 in the Seoul metropolitan area were air quality. This has led to health and environmental problems. Koreans are buying masks and air purifiers to breathe cleaner air, and trying to reduce Korea's air pollution emissions. [56] Air quality index in Seoul (2015)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed a joint project with China to use artificial rain to clean the air in his country, where an acute increase in pollution ...
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 ...
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). [1 ...
Outfitted with a large film camera and often dressed in athletic wear, Seoul-based photographer Kim Seunggu has spent almost 15 years capturing the essence of what he calls “leisure culture ...
Environmental movements in South Korea started from air pollution campaigns. As the notion of environment pollution spread, the focus on environmental activism shifted from existing pollution to preventing future pollution, and the organizations eventually started to criticize the government policies that are neglecting the environmental issues. [3]