S15E5: Seoul | Too Many Coal Plants

Sustainable Asia

Dec 29 2022 • 24 mins

It turns out Seoul, Korea has the worst air pollution amongst all of the top 10 economies in the world. Why is air pollution still such a huge challenge in a country with abundant resources and advanced infrastructure?  And does South Korea use any high-tech solutions to handle its dirty air that South or Southeast Asian megacities can learn from?


Guests (in order of appearance):

Jieon Lee, Korea Federation for Environmental Movements

Gyuri Cho, Solutions for Our Climate


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Check out the other research from the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Hong Kong, India, and Southeast Asia.


Production credits:

Producer and Co-Host: Chermaine Lee

Co-Host:  Khoa Tran

Associate Producer:  Jack Lee

Executive Producer:  Marcy Trent Long

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

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