Parliament passes bill on designating fine dust as social disaster
Social affairsMar 13, 2019
South Korea's parliament passed eight bills intended to better fight fine dust Wednesday as the country is struggling with its worst-ever particle air pollution.The legislation includes a revision to the disaster and safety management law to include high density of particulate matter as a "social disaster." Such a designation allows the government to use state funds and take extraordinary measures in response, prevention and damage recovery. Parliament approved seven other bills related to fine