2011/05/19 - South Korea's Environment Ministry said Thursday it plans to demand the United States verify a news report that the U.S. military buried leftover Agent Orange, a defoliant widely used during the Vietnam War, at one of its camps here.
A U.S. terrestrial TV station reported this week, citing three veterans, that U.S. Forces Korea buried the highly toxic substance at Camp Carroll in Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in 1978.
The report by Phoenix, Arizona-based KPHO CBS 5 News didn't specify the amount of Agent Orange that was reportedly dumped at Camp Carroll, but one of the former USFK soldiers insisted that there were "approximately 250 drums" of the defoliant in storage at that time.
"We will raise the issue regarding the claims of the former USFK soldiers at an environment committee under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)," said an official at the Environment Ministry. {continued}
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Agent Orange in S. Korea
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