South Korea’s new president has taken aim at the country’s choking pollution problem, ordering the shutdown of ageing coal power plants in an attempt to stem growing public anger.
Moon Jae-in on Monday declared that 10 of the country’s coal plants, aged 30 years or older, be shuttered temporarily next year and then altogether before the end of his five-year term.
The moves comes as citizens of the east Asian nation suffer prolonged bouts of toxic fine dust — tiny particles also known as PM2.5 — that penetrate deep into the respiratory system and can cause a variety of illnesses, including cancer.
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