Fine dust air pollution has been chosen as the top environmental news story of the year.
According to a poll of 1,097 adults nationwide by Seoul-based civic group Asian Citizens Center for Environment and Health, 59 percent of respondents picked "air pollution caused by fine dust and ozone depletion problem" as the most important environment news story of 2019.
By region, 61.6 percent in Seoul, 63.1 percent in Gyeonggi and Incheon and 62.3 percent in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province singled out fine dust pollution as the top environmental news story of the year.
South Korea has been struggling with fine dust particles from both home and blowing in from China as well as yellow dust from Mongolia during the winter and spring seasons.■
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