South Korea complains of Chinese air pollution

<p>By Riyaz ul Khaliq </p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – South Korea on Thursday blamed China for worsening air pollution in the country. </p> <p>Addressing a press conference in the South Korean capital Seoul, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, according to Yonhap news agency, said: &quot;It's true that there's a cause (of fine dust) stemming from China.&quot; </p> <p>A day before, South Korean President Moon Jae-in had called for joint efforts with China to combat the problem. </p> <p>Over the past several months, South Korea has been facing severe air pollution with political parties mulling a declaration of &quot;national disaster&quot;, said Yonhap. </p> <p>Commenting on Moon’s statement on tackling air pollution, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday: &quot;I do not know if there's sufficient ground (to say) that fine dust in South Korea has come from China.</p> <p>&quot;It looks like that there has been no fine dust in Beijing over the last two days when Seoul was blanketed by dense fine dust.&quot;</p> <p>Lu said the two countries held talks between their environment ministers and discussed possible joint steps against the fine dust. </p> <p>He added: &quot;The cause (of fine dust) is very complicated. Comprehensive handling should be based on a scientific attitude.&quot;</p><br>