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Oil spill reaches S Korean coast

ECOLOGICAL DISASTER Oil has begun washing up on beaches in a scenic region that supports fish farms, a national maritime park and migrating birds

AP , MALLIPO BEACH, SOUTH KOREA

Kim said the Coast Guard planned to question the barge's captain to find why he was sailing through the area despite the stormy weather.

The July 1995 leak caused damage estimated at 73.5 billion won, at today's exchange rates equal to US$80 million.

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