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To Fight Noxious Dust Storms at Home, Koreans Plant Trees in Mongolia

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Noxious dust storms rising up from Mongolia have plagued Korea. Now a small group of Korean and Mongolian activists are working together to attack the problem by planting trees in the Gobi desert. The World’s Daniel Grossman has the story.

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