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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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All of the other complaints about living in Korea are either exaggerated, easily ignored, or can be handled with a modicum of maturity. The pollution, though, is the one thing above all else that really gives me pause when I think about moving back. If I were a Korean citizen, this essentially constant attack from China would be my number one political concern. I'm not sure what all could really be done about it, but dangerous pollution levels from a neighboring country are surely more likely to garner international sympathy than, say, a dispute over the naming rights of a small stretch of water.
The air quality in Jeju isn't too bad... maybe I could get in contact with 이효리 and open a vet clinic next door to her.  |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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Mongolia is a big contributor to the pollution, not just China.
http://aqicn.org/city/ulaanbaatar/mnb/
723 in their capital city now.
While Beijing's "airpocalypse" has made headlines worldwide, it pales beside the haze of the Mongolian capital. Ulan Bator is the world's second-most polluted city, superseded only by Ahvaz in Iran, according to World Health Organisation research.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/ulan-bator-killer-winter-stoves
Ulan Bator's pollutant levels of PM2.5 – tiny particulate matter, which can penetrate deep into lungs – are six or seven times higher than the WHO's most lenient air-quality guidelines for developing countries. |
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happyinhenan
Joined: 01 Feb 2015
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It makes me laugh!
Does Korea not contribute to its own pollution? It is an industrial nation with buildings going up everywhere and most people drive cars.  |
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Qonny
Joined: 28 Oct 2014
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| Of course Korea contributes to its own pollution. But what haappened yesterday was 90% due to China. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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It makes me laugh!
Does Korea not contribute to its own pollution? It is an industrial nation with buildings going up everywhere and most people drive cars. |
What happened yesterday was 90% sand, not industrial pollution. Real yellow sand. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| happyinhenan wrote: |
It makes me laugh!
Does Korea not contribute to its own pollution? It is an industrial nation with buildings going up everywhere and most people drive cars. |
Obviously Korea does contribute to its own pollution, but the dust blowing in from the mainland each year is a serious problem, and it's what causes the extreme, predictable spikes in air pollution. I live up in the mountains in Gangwon, and for most of the year, the air is fine (which is one reason I prefer to live in the relatively remote countryside rather than in a major city). Yet every spring we get hit with the yellow dust from the mainland, and my nose immediately stuffs up. |
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Cave Dweller
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
Location: Seoul
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Park ought to use some influene and ask China to plant some trees to lessen the effect of the yellow dust.
It is mainly actual desert sand but it has gotten worse due to Chinese deforestation and Chinese pollution.
I dont know about the rest of Korea but Seouls air quality has actually improved a bit over the last 10 years. |
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| That map has the SEA of JAPAN on it. |
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