INCHEON, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An environmental organization in Incheon has called for urgent action after finding that the levels of carcinogenic substances in the D Zone of the former Bupyeong US military base (Camp Market) exceed safety standards. According to the ‘Camp Market D Zone Hazard Assessment Report’ obtained by the Incheon Green Alliance [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The final stages of the return of Camp Market in the western port city of Incheon, which served as a former United States Forces Korea (USFK) base after the liberation of the Korean peninsula in 1945, have been completed with the relocation of the bakery plant on the site. The bakery plant [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A former United States Forces Korea (USFK) base in Incheon’s Bupyeong district, just west of Seoul, was formally opened to the public in a ceremony on Wednesday following its return to the South Korean government last year. The opening of parts of the former site of Camp Market to [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The heat desorption cleanup method has been found to be effective in removing dioxins or dioxin-like chemicals, known carcinogens, from contaminated soil inside the U.S. military base in Incheon. Following a yearslong delay caused by gaps with the South Korean government on decontamination procedures, the U.S. returned four bases [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. has been selected to clean up pollution at a U.S. military base in Incheon, west of Seoul, the defense ministry said Friday. The environment ministry found last year that soil and groundwater inside the Camp Market in Bupyeong, Incheon, were contaminated with chemicals like [...]
INCHEON, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the South Korean Ministry of Defense is taking steps to decontaminate Camp Market, a U.S. Army base located in Incheon’s Bupyeong District that is polluted with dioxins, civil groups say the costs should be borne by the United States Forces Korea (USFK). Almost 50 civil groups from Incheon [...]