Friday, May 20, 2011

South Korean Government Launches Investigation into Alleged Agent Orange Burial

Bernama.com: South orean Government Launches Investigation into Alleged Agent Orange Burial

Three US Korean war veterans have said that they helped to bury canisters of Agent Orange, a defoliant, at Chilgok, the site of the current Camp Carroll, in Korea 30 years ago.

South Korea has requested that the US verify this report.

There are about 28,500 American service members in Korea. The SOFA (Status of Fores Agreement) signed in1967 between the two countries, governs the legal status of US solders, their staff and families stationed there.

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