s. korea proposes rain project with china to clean seoul air

by:Yovog     2023-09-03
SEOUL, South Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in
In proposed a joint project with China to use artificial rainfall to clean the air In China, where a sharp increase In pollution has caused alarm.
Moon also instructed government officials Wednesday to speed up the retirement of old coal.
According to his spokesman Kim Eui, the power plant was burnedkyeom.
Seoul has been struggling to cope with rising air pollution, which experts believe is linked to China\'s massive industrial activity and South Korean car emissions.
In the past week, dust levels in South Korea have hit new highs, prompting people to wear masks while commuting
The gray sky, the online user and the theme of the movie \"Wall stickersE.
Asked about Moon\'s proposal, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said
The South Korean government sees China as the main source of its pollution problems, a move that would be \"good\" but downplays the claim.
\"South Korea is sure their pollution comes from China,\" Lu said . \".
\"Many countries have realized that the causes of pollution are diverse. ”As of 4 p. m.
On Wednesday, according to the National Environmental Institute, Seoul\'s fine dust concentration level was 136 micrograms per cubic meter, which defined the level of more than 75 micrograms per cubic meter as \"very bad \". ”Na Kyung-
South Korea\'s conservative Liberal Party leader, Han won, called on Moon Jae-in to make air pollution a national disaster.
An emergency meeting between the ruling party and the opposition party agreed to quickly pass the bill to resolve the problem.
At a meeting with government officials, Moon pointed out that in the rain, China is \"much more advanced than South Korea\"
Kim said manufacturing technology and expressed hope that creating rain water in the waters between the two countries will help reduce air pollution.
On January, the South Korean Meteorological Bureau failed in an artificial rainfall experiment. A plane released chemicals into the clouds on the sea.
\"China claims that South Korea\'s dust flies to Shanghai, so creating artificial rainfall over the Yellow Sea will also help the Chinese side,\" Kim Jong Il quoted Moon as saying during the meeting.
He said Moon also proposed that South Korea and China establish a joint system to issue air pollution warnings.
Moon instructed government officials to take measures to close coal quickly
Burning power plants that have been in operation for more than 30 years and make additional budgets if necessary in order to install more air purifiers in schools and support possible joint activities with China, Kim said.
During a meeting with China\'s top diplomat Yang Jiechi last year, Moon said China was partly responsible for South Korea\'s pollution problems and called on Beijing
Efforts to improve air quality. ——
Liu Zheng, a Beijing researcher at the Associated Press, contributed to the report.
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