SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A contaminant detected in groundwater beneath a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in Seoul was above the permissible level, a government report showed Tuesday. The U.S. Army base in Yongsan, central Seoul, has long been suspected as the source of oil that has contaminated the nearby water and land. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States agreed Wednesday to seek a “comprehensive and systematic” measure to prevent the recurrence of a live anthrax shipment to the peninsula, the Foreign Ministry said. The two sides also agreed to continue joint efforts to resolve disputes over the cleaning of polluted American [...]
WASHINGTON, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The potential deployment of a THAAD missile defense unit to South Korea has become a “litmus test” for how Seoul is aligned between Washington and Beijing, according to a U.S. congressional report. The Congressional Research Service made the point in a report published earlier this month and titled, “Ballistic Missile Defense [...]