News - Taean
Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap [Yonhap headline: "(LEAD) International Fund May Pay Compensation for Oil Spill"] SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) - An international fund to help pay for damages caused by oil pollution is expected to pay maximum compensation costs to victims of South Korea's worst oil spill, according to the fund's report on Monday.
Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap [Yonhap headline: "Protest Over Oil Spill Hits Seoul"] SEOUL, Jan.
Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap TAEAN, South Korea, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) - A South Korean man who was hospitalized earlier after burning himself to protest the lack of compensation following the country's worst oil spill died early Saturday, hospital officials said.
Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Taean, South Korea, Dec.
The Coast Guard said Monday it arrested the captains of a crane-carrying barge and a tugboat on suspicion of negligence and violation of anti-marine pollution laws over a massive oil spill off the west coast of South Korea earlier this month.
