Most Popular
-
1
Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
-
2
Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
-
3
Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
-
4
Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
-
5
Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
-
6
Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
-
7
S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
-
8
S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
-
9
Leaders of S. Korea, Angola agree to boost economic, trade cooperation
-
10
Around 50% of people with disabilities aged 65 or above: report
Seoul to issue fine dust warnings in six languages
By Sohn Ji-youngPublished : March 25, 2015 - 19:13
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will begin issuing yellow and ultrafine dust warning alerts and guidelines to international schools in Seoul in six languages, the city announced Wednesday.
Some 12,000 foreign teachers and students at 22 international kindergartens and schools will begin receiving dust alerts and guidelines in English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Mongolian from next month.
Foreign teachers will receive text message alerts whenever a yellow dust or ultrafine dust warning is issued. The schools will be advised to follow due procedures set by the city, such as shortening classes or closing down for the day, according to different warning levels.
“The city decided to expand its dust alert system to include international schools in a move to better protect the health of our foreign students,” a Seoul City official said.
By Sohn Ji-young (jys@heraldcorp.com)
Some 12,000 foreign teachers and students at 22 international kindergartens and schools will begin receiving dust alerts and guidelines in English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Mongolian from next month.
Foreign teachers will receive text message alerts whenever a yellow dust or ultrafine dust warning is issued. The schools will be advised to follow due procedures set by the city, such as shortening classes or closing down for the day, according to different warning levels.
“The city decided to expand its dust alert system to include international schools in a move to better protect the health of our foreign students,” a Seoul City official said.
By Sohn Ji-young (jys@heraldcorp.com)
