Some Seoul residents with respiratory ailments such as asthma are planning to sue Korea's central government, the Seoul metropolitan government and automobile makers for damages from air pollution. The Seoul Air Pollution Litigation Group including the Korean Environmental Litigation Center of Green Korea United and others announced Monday that they will file a lawsuit with the Seoul District Court Wednesday seeking compensation for damages from air pollution. The suit represents some 22 sufferers of breathing ailments who live or work in Seoul or have done in the past.

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