Court procedures of Taean oil spill damage suits streamlined
Social affairsJun 2, 2013
Victims of the country's worst oil spill in 2007 will be able to receive speedy trials for their damages suits, judicial officials said Sunday, amid legal wrangling over compensation that has dragged on for years.The spill occurred when a Samsung Heavy Industries barge carrying a construction crane broke free and rammed an anchored Hong Kong-registered tanker in December 2007, spilling more than 12,000 tons of crude oil into the West Sea near the coastal county of Taean. Miles of beaches, notabl