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S. Koreans Work To Clean Oil Spill
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Published: December 10, 2007
MALLIPO BEACH, South Korea - Thousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast.
About 7,500 volunteers, local residents, civil servants and members of the coast guard, police and military scooped up oil that began washing ashore at Mallipo beach Saturday from a damaged supertanker, the coast guard said.
Still more worked aboard 105 ships on South Korea's western coast trying to clean the sea.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo instructed officials to help affected fish and seafood farmers receive quick compensation, his office said, without providing details.
The Associated Press
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