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 [...]
CHUNCHEON, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic activists in Chuncheon on Tuesday called on authorities to conduct a sweeping environmental survey on the site of a former United States Forces Korea (USFK) base in the center of the Gangwon Province capital, after about 30 vacant drum cans were found buried there last month. The activists [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States plans to deploy its “strategic” weapons in South Korea on a regular basis in order to thwart North Korea’s threats under an agreement between the allies, Seoul’s defense ministry said Friday. The two sides agreed to push for “measures available in all aspects including the regular [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare event hosted by the United States Forces Korea, four North Korean defectors shared their stories with the members of the 6th Battalion 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment on December 2 at Suwon Air Base, reported American military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Among the defectors were Ken [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Monday that contaminants detected in underground water tables near a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in the capital city were 500 times higher than normal standards. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said an average of 0.532 milligrams per liter of benzene was found around Noksapyeong [...]