[CPEO-MEF] Yongsan U.S. Army base, South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

USFK Denies Oil Leak from Yongsan Base

Chosun Ilbo
August 21, 2006

Environmentalists are up in arms claiming that oil leaked from the U.S. 
Forces Korea base in Yongsan, Seoul early last month. "On or around July 
10, oil leaked out of an underground pipe in front of the U.S. base Camp 
Kim," the environmental group Green Korea said Monday.

According to Green Korea, analysis of the oil by the Ministry of 
Environment and the city of Seoul found that the oil is consistent with 
that used by the U.S. military. "We realized that oil had been spilled 
near a U.S. base, so we went through an initial investigation including 
analysis of the components of the oil and asked the U.S. side to join 
the investigation from the inside, but nothing has been decided," the 
ministry said.

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For the entire article, see
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200608/200608210028.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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