The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced its interim report on the effects of contamination from last December's oil spill off the coast of Taean, South Chungcheong Province...
Rep. of Korea: Hebei Spirit Oil Spill - Dec 2007 Updates
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Rep. of Korea: Fishing OK, but Taean's beaches still are polluted
More than 1 million volunteers have scrubbed rocks in the Taean area since the country's worst-ever oil spill more than four months ago. The job's not over yet. A government ministry announced...
Rep. of Korea: Oil spill victims to receive compensation
The government has estimated that 40,000 households were affected and a 35,000-hectare area was hit by South Korea's worst oil spill in the waters off Taean, South Chungcheong Province. According to...
Korea: Rapid Environmental Assessment ‘Hebei Spirit’ Oil Spill (February 2008)
This document describes a Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) undertaken by the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit (JEU) following an oil spill in the Republic of Korea. A collision between a barge and...
Rep. of Korea: Victims of oil spill to get money today
TAEAN, South Chungcheong - Following the suicides of three residents and widespread protests on Friday by people waiting for aid, the South Chungcheong Provincial Government agreed to distribute 55.8...
South Korean town fights for life after oil spill
By Jack Kim TAEAN, South Korea, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A month after South Korea's worst oil spill, blackened west coast beaches have been cleaned by more than 1 million volunteers but residents are...
Rep. of Korea: Volunteers continue all-out efforts to clean oil spill
It has been about a month since a major oil spill occurred off Korea's west coast. Volunteers are still wasting no time trying to clean up the disaster that has crippled the environment and residents...
U.S. agency, coast guard help South Korea with oil spill cleanup
U.S. Agency, Coast Guard Help South Korea with Oil Spill Cleanup Emergency response to nation's worst spill gives way to long-term cleanup By Cheryl Pellerin USINFO Staff Writer Washington -- A team...
Korea - Oil spill December 2007
On 7 December, an 11,800 ton barge carrying a crane broke loose from its tugboat and collided with a super tanker five miles off the northwest coast of Mallipo, South Chungcheongnam Province. The...
Government of Canada helps Republic of Korea clean up major oil spill
OTTAWA, Ontario, December 29 2007 The Government of Canada is providing assistance to the Republic of Korea following a request on December 23 from the South Korean government over a recent oil spill...
Repub. of Korea: UN-EC mission - Prospect for rehabilitation good
Joint team concludes response to oil spill in Republic of Korea (Geneva/New York, 27 December 2007): A joint United Nations-European Commission Assessment Team, which has now returned from the...
Rep. of Korea: Hebei Spirit Oil Spill OCHA Situation Report No. 4
This situation report is based on information received from the joint United Nations-European Commission Assessment Team and from their contacts with the national authorities of the Republic of Korea...
Return of expert team of Japan Disaster Relief Team (JDR) from the Republic of Korea
Concerning the oil spill accident that took place on the west coast of the Republic of Korea in the morning of December 7, the Government of Japan, on December 14, decided to dispatch an expert team...
Rep. of Korea: Hebei Spirit Oil Spill OCHA Situation Report No. 3
This situation report is based on information received from the joint European Commission - United Nations rapid assessment team on site and from their contacts with the national authorities of the...
RPT-Tanker in Korea oil spill moved to Hyundai refinery
SEOUL, Dec 18 (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank Co will receive crude from a tanker that leaked thousands of tonnes of oil earlier this month in the country's worst oil spill, a company...
UNEP deploys team of experts to help with oil spill in Republic of Korea
Contingency plan activated to help respond to emergency Nairobi/Daejon, 18 December 2007 - An emergency response plan has been activated by the United Nations Environment Programme to help the...
Japan sends experts, supplies following Korean oil spill
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched a team of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) experts to the Republic of Korea in the wake of a major oil spill along the country's west...
Rep. of Korea: Taean volunteers face grim mop-up on toxic shores
'By next week the number of volunteers will decrease and the media will focus on the elections. The villagers will be left alone to continue the fight.' TAEAN, South Chungcheong - I'm crouched on an...
Republic of Korea: Oil hits Gunsan and threatens Cheonsu Bay
GUNSAN, North Jeolla Hundreds of large tar balls, the hardened, black toxic remnants of evaporated crude oil, were spotted by the Korean Coast Guard yesterday floating near the sea shores of Gunsan,...
Rep. of Korea: Cloth production cranked up for oil cleaners
Last week was an extremely busy one for the staff of Seon Jin Industry. The industrial textiles manufacturer was flooded with phone inquiries from companies and organizations looking to buy its...