Ultra-fine dusts coats S. Korea, prompting 10 cities, provinces to take emergency countermeasures

  • 5 years ago
Staying with the dreadful levels of air pollution we are being forced to endure here.
As we heard from Jee-hyun,... very high concentrations of fine dust are continuing to blanket most of South Korea,... with levels even topping those seen on Sunday,... when it was also so grim outside it forced many of us to stay home.
With the continued pollution,... emergency countermeasures were announced over the weekend and they will be expanded to ten cities and provinces, including Busan and Daejeon.
Thermal power plants are limited to 80 percent of capacity, and more than 100 businesses that emit air pollutants will have to cut their operating hours.
A compulsory odd/even vehicle operations order has been issued... while parking lots for public organizations will be closed throughout the day.

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