[CPEO-MEF] South Korean base idle

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Returned base remains idle due to pollution


By Lee Chi-dong
Yonhap News (Seoul, South Korea)
November 2, 2007

UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Handed back to South Korea 
several months ago, a former American military base, Camp Kyle, remains 
a no-use area.

Only a small group of South Korean soldiers wearing anti-contamination 
suits and jackboots can be seen as they work to curb the spread of 
pollution in the vast land in the heart of this city, just north of Seoul.

As a legacy of decades-long occupation, American troops left not only 
some swathes of haggard grass and outdated barracks, but also 
contaminated soil and underground water.


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For the entire article, see
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Features/2007/11/02/2/0801000000AEN20071101005400315F.HTML

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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