[Military Environmental Forum] GLOBAL: "Pyeongtaek [S. KOREA] Wins Lawsuit Over U.S. Military Base Soil Remediation Costs... Receives Full 1.6 Billion Won Compensation"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pyeongtaek Wins Lawsuit Over U.S. Military Base Soil Remediation Costs... Receives Full 1.6 Billion Won Compensation

by Lee jonggu
Asian Business Daily
August 7, 2026

Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Choi Wonyong) will be fully reimbursed by the state for approximately 1.6 billion won it spent cleaning up contaminated soil around U.S. military bases in Korea.

Pyeongtaek City announced on the 7th that it has ultimately won a damages lawsuit against the government, claiming reimbursement for the costs incurred in cleaning contaminated soil around U.S. military installations. On the previous day, the Seoul Central District Court fully accepted the city’s claim and recognized the government’s liability for compensation. The process of disbursing the compensation as per the court’s ruling is currently underway.

The lawsuit began in May 2024 when Pyeongtaek City sought reimbursement from the government after carrying out soil remediation near Camp Humphreys, the Command Post Exercise (CPX) training ground, and the area surrounding Osan Ai

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For the entire article, see
https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026080711304188874

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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