[CPEO-MEF] South Korea - secret documents

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Lawmakers urge Seoul to release U.S. base takeover texts or face legal 
action

By Kim Hyun
Yonhap News Agency (S. Korea)
June 15, 2007

Amid a furor over the alleged contamination of U.S. military bases being 
returned to South Korea, the National Assembly environmental committee 
on Friday urged the government to release classified documents on its 
agreement with Washington or face legal action.

Environmental worries have mounted as the U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) 
returns 66 bases to South Korea as part of the U.S. military's global 
realignment plan. The South Korean government has withheld the texts of 
the turnover agreement, citing "national safety."

In their on-site inspection of three U.S. bases north of Seoul on 
Thursday, lawmakers of the parliament's Environment and Labor Committee 
found serious contamination, including oil flowing under the ground and 
chemical equipment dumped without proper processing. A parliamentary 
hearing is to be held June 25-26 to examine the issue.

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For the entire article, see
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2007/06/15/11/0301000000AEN20070615004700315F.HTML

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Lenny Siegel
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