Seoul to ban aged cars entering inner capital from Dec to Mar

Highly polluting cars with emission grade 5 will be banned from entering Seoul and its surrounding areas from December to March when fine dust level usually goes high. Gasoline and LPG vehicles registered before 1987 and diesel cars 2005 that are largely blamed for polluting the city are subject to the regulation. Any violation will be fined 100,000 won ($83.8). Cars installed with emission reduction devices and those driven by the disabled, poor and self-employed making a living with the cars can be exempted.

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