South Korea's Oil Spill
Im Hun-jeong / Yonhap / REUTERS
Unprecedented
A black stream of crude oil leaks from the Hong
Kong-registered tanker Hebei Spirit on Dec. 8, the day after it collided
with a barge off Taean, about 106 miles (170km) southwest of Seoul. The
accident sent 10,000 tons of crude into the waters off South Korea the
worst oil spill in the nation's history.
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