Today was the worst air quality I’ve experienced in Korea. It really should be the shame of the country. I know they like to blame China, but honestly, the building boom here and the virtual stripping of thousands of acres of what was previously farmland (by heavy machinery that isn’t the best on the environment either) absolutely contributes.
Here’s Korea:
Here’s the midwest right now by comparison — to include many major metropolitan areas:
So yeah, Korea’s particulate matter is over 10 times worse than most of the US right now.
It’s just about the only thing about the place that I really can’t stand.