Uijeongbu city demands defense ministry examine soil contamination at ex-US military base site
Social affairsApr 17, 2018
The city government of Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, has demanded the defense ministry conduct an examination into soil contamination at a former US military base site in the city, officials said Tuesday.The Uijeongbu city government bought the former Camp Sears site from the defense ministry in 2012 after the land was returned to the ministry in 2007 under a base consolidation and relocation plan, known as the Land Partnership Program.Nine oil tanks had existed on the base to supply oil to other A