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South Korea cancels baseball games due to pollution
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South Korea's rapidly worsening air pollution forced the country's professional baseball league to cancel three games today.
The Korea Baseball Organisation (KBO) cancelled the games in the capital Seoul and the nearby cities of Suwon and Incheon after the government issued alerts over high fine dust levels in the metropolitan area.
It's the first time the league has cancelled games because of air pollution since the country began pro baseball in 1982.
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