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South Korea and the US continue to discuss strengthening accountability for pollution purification and environmental management.
Agreement to return 12 US military bases … including 2 areas in Yongsan
“The returned US military bases are clean and completely cleared.”
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The government held a joint commission on the 201 USFK Status Agreement with the United States this morning and agreed to return 12 US bases, including part of the Yongsan base. The Republic of Korea and the US decided to continue discussing plans to share the cost of cleaning up environmental contamination, including the sequential return of the remaining areas of the Yongsan base. We will connect with reporters from the Ministry of Defense to learn more about the news. Reporter Seung-yoon Lee! There were also observations that more than 20 US military bases would be returned. Isn’t the number of return bases less than expected? This morning, the government agreed to open a joint committee on the 201 USFK Status Agreement with the United States on video and return 12 US military bases. It should be noted that the two areas of the Yongsan base were included in this return target for the first time. There are six areas in Seoul, including two sports facilities at the Yongsan base, the Kukdong Engineering Corps in Jung-gu, Camp Kim in Yongsan-gu, Niblo Barlux, known as the Hannam-dong Foreign Housing Site, the Seobinggo site and the Eighth Religious Weapons Retreat. In addition, a part of Camp Walker helipad in Nam-gu, Daegu, Seongnam Golf Course in Gyeonggi-do, Jackson Camp in Uijeongbu City, a part of Mobile Camp in Dongducheon City, a shipment of the Marines from Gyeongbuk in Pohang and a part of the shooting range in Taebaek city, Gangwon-do will be returned. The government announced that it is considering establishing a ‘Central Specialized Hospital for Infectious Diseases’ by relocating the National Medical Center to the site of the Far East Corps of Engineering in Jung-gu, Seoul. In addition, the construction of public housing at the Kim Camp site in Yongsan-gu is being considered to solve housing problems in the metropolitan area. In the case of Yongsan Station, which was of great interest this time, it was decided that only two areas of the sports field and the softball stadium site would be returned first, as it would take a long time to return it after it was closed. the entire base. The government plans to consult with the US on the sequential return of the remaining areas of the Yongsan base so that the plan to create the Yongsan Park is not interrupted. The problem is that the US military bases returned so far are heavily contaminated. Is there anything better than before in this agreement between the ROK and the US? There is not a noticeable difference from last year. The government said it would thoroughly clean and purify returned US military bases so that people could use them with confidence, but the problem is also cost. To this end, the Republic of Korea and the US decided to continue discussing the responsibility for cleaning up contamination, measures to strengthen the environmental management of the bases used by the USFK, and the possibility of reviewing documents related to the sofas proposed by Korea. Last year, the government explained that it is different from the previous one, as it includes conditions that they will continue to consult with the person in charge of pollution remediation in the future, measures to strengthen the environmental management of the base currently in use and review of documents related to SOFA , but this year the contents are the same as last year. Korea and the United States decided to jointly review the development of pollution management standards, prepare common pollution investigation procedures, report environmental accident procedures and joint investigation procedures, and discuss improvements. Regarding the return of 12 of the 22 not returned, the government explained that the base that agreed to return was a place that requested the immediate return of areas such as Dongducheon, Uijeongbu and Daegu, and explained that the delay in the return took into account the social and economic problems that the local community may have. I did. The government announced that the remaining bases will be returned in a timely manner, taking into account the relocation of the bases with the US, the progress of environmental consultations and regional development plans of local governments. YTN Lee Seung-yoon from the Ministry of Defense[[email protected]]it is.
