South Korea's Oil Spill

Residents start to help clean up a popular swimming beach in Taean, South Korea
Im Hun-jeong / Yonhap / REUTERS

Black Tide
The government declared a "state of disaster" as crude oil started to wash ashore early Saturday morning, and residents started to help clean up a popular swimming beach in Taean.

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