South Korea's Oil Spill

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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