Friday's thick dust, warm temperatures to give way to rain, wind and snow on the weekend

Thick fine dust will affect much of Korea on Friday, especially in the Seoul area. While warm weather persists, deteriorating conditions are expected more than the weekend with heavy rain, strong winds, and possible snow in certain regions.

2025-04-11

Fine dust blankets North Gyeongsang's Pohang, rain expected in afternoon

North Gyeongsang's Pohang experienced elevated levels of fine dust on Wednesday morning, with readings reaching the "bad" category.

2025-04-09

Masks not done and dusted

Face masks are displayed at a supermarket in Seoul on March 25, amid poor air quality nationwide due to high concentrations of fine dust and yellow dust.

2025-03-25

Air quality in 'bad' range across Korea as fine dust, wildfire smoke reach the west

Air quality in Korea worsened due to fine dust, yellow dust and wildfire smoke.

2025-03-24

Yellow dust engulfs city

N Seoul Tower, a landmark Seoul building with a transmission antenna sitting atop Namsan, is seen above the city enveloped in a yellow haze as the fine dust concentration reached “bad” — the third highest level in a four-tier system — on March 13.

2025-03-13

Fine dust chokes Korea on Thursday as yellow dust arrives from abroad

Fine dust concentrations are expected to remain at “bad” levels nationwide on Thursday, while Gangwon and Jeju will experience "very bad" levels frequently throughout the day, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.

2025-03-13

Terrible air quality to get even worse as yellow dust arrives in Korea

Fine dust levels were high nationwide on Wednesday, with air quality expected to worsen as yellow dust enters the country from abroad.

2025-03-12

'Bad' level fine dust blankets Seoul as spring arrives — in pictures

With the arrival of full-fledged spring weather, high concentrations of ultrafine dust blanketed the Seoul metropolitan area for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday.

2025-03-11

Visibility nil

People on a rooftop in Jongno District, central Seoul, gaze upon buildings shrouded in smog on the morning of Feb. 16, when ultrafine dust enveloped most of the nation in a gray haze.

2025-02-16

Korea endures third consecutive day of dangerous fine dust levels

Fine dust shrouded Korea on Wednesday morning for the third consecutive day, raising concentration levels to "bad" across the nation, except for eastern Gangwon and Jeju Island.

2025-01-22

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