[CPEO-MEF] Replacing the Maehyangni range, South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Two pending issues

Editorial
Korea Herald
July 24, 2006

Two issues related to environmental problems seem to be hampering a 
smooth transition of the system of military cooperation between Korea 
and the United States. One is cleaning up the polluted soil of old U.S. 
bases which are to be returned to Korea, and the other is providing a 
new air-to-ground firing range for the U.S. air force in Korea to 
replace the Maehyangni range off the West Coast, which was closed 
because of complaints from nearby residents.

Some ruling party National Assemblymen have joined environmental groups 
to call on U.S. military authorities to assume full financial 
responsibilities for cleansing the soil of the residue of fuel and other 
chemicals accumulated in the ground of their camps where troops have 
been stationed for decades since the war. They produced the result of 
new surveys that showed serious contamination of almost all of the 59 
bases to be returned to Korea.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/25/200607250015.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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