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milzika rated 5 months ago- "South Korea closed schools, and factories producing memory chips stepped up safeguards today, as a choking pall of sand mixed with toxic dust from China covered most of the country. The annual "yellow dust" spring storms, which originate in China's Gobi Desert before enveloping the Korean peninsula and parts of Japan, are blamed for scores of deaths and billions of dollars in damage every year in South Korea. South Korea issued a yellow dust warning at the weekend and today major schools districts in southeastern regions urged parents to keep young children at home. "We advised the closure because kindergarten, primary school students have weaker immune systems," said Min Eyu-gi, an education official in Busan. An official with the Meteorological Administration said the first major storm of the season, which has also hit parts of Japan, was dissipating. The sand storms have been growing in frequency and toxicity over the years because of China's rapid economic growth and has added to increased tensions with neighbours South Korea and Japan over recent years."
