Abstract

Despite the positive and active role of the industrial development which happened in Southeast Asian countries, included South Korea in achieving economical and social welfare, but at the same time it caused a negative results on nature by polluting air with industrial gases that emitted and produced, depending on these activities especially the and mainly on fossil fuel. This research started from a hypothesis, which is (industrial development. Direct foreign investment. Technological progress. Research and development. Fossil fuel and commercial openness) acted as a direct and indirect impact on nature increasing air pollution with gases emitted from industrial activities in Southeast Asian countries. There is a contrast in the impact of those variables. South Korea considered a symbol of this research for the period (1990-2018); the researcher saw that there is a relation between the two concepts the industrial activities and air pollution. The regression has been analysed according to normal least squares using statistical program (Minitab 16). Measuring the impact of economical variations in air pollution the study found that there is an immaterial impact among the explaining variable (industrial development. foreign investment. Fossil fuel) and the responding variables. These variables have a direct and indirect negative impact in increasing air pollution.