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AnalyzingtheSOFAwiththerateofenvironmentalcrimesbytheU.S.
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
Althoughrevised,SOFAisuseless
Five-dayworkingweek,
notquitethewayit’s
whenU.S.ForcedestroyKoreanland
supposedtobe
F
or 50 years, U.S. troops stationed
individually.However,thetwogovernments
EnvironmentalPollutionbyU.S.
themselves in Korea. And there were
inquiredtwodifferentinstitutesfortheresult
11% 8%
troopsbythecases.
T
he Tripartite Commission and the Ministry of Labor can’t seem to work out an
manyaccidentsinvolvingtheU.S.Armyand
of the sample. The Korean government
agreementontheconditionofafive-dayworkingweeksystem.Nevertheless,the
somewereactuallycommittedbythetroops
requested analysis of oil samples to the
15%
43%
Oilleakage-15cases(43%)
governmentisplanningtoproposearoughdraftoftheproposalbythefirsttendaysof
during their stationing. Civic organizations
SeoulInstituteofhealth&environment,and
NoisePollution-8cases(23%)
September, if possible. Such a decision is dangerous, yet the government is too
havebeenaccusingthecrimesandtheharms
theU.S.governmentwenttotheFriendman
23%
WaterPollution-5cases(15%)
engrossedinsupportingthefive-dayworkingweekthroughslipshodmeasures.
theU.S.soldiershavecaused.Unfortunately,
& Bruya institute in Seattle. It was planned
Reclaimingoftrashillegaly-4cases(11%)
Afive-dayworkweeksystemisanurgentdemandoftheworking.Asitstandswith
nothinghavechangedandinfact,rateofthe
to announce the results on August 17. But
Others-3cases(8%)
the ILO’s standards on working hours, and when Korea was already marked out for
violation is increasing. The most serious
U.S. force and Korean investigator’s
havingthelongestworkhours,itisunavoidabletofacetheimplementationofsucha
crime the U.S. troops committed is the
announcementswasdifferentinsomeparts,
system.AccordingtodatafromtheNationalStatisticalOffice,Korea’smanufacturing
polluting of the Korean environment. U.S.
soitisprovokingpeoplessuspicionthatone
industryheldonto49.3hoursaweekinworkingwhilethoseofJapan,UnitedStatesand
campsarestationedin96differentplacesin
ofthemishidingthetruth.
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Australiashowed43.7,41.6,and38.9hoursperweekonaverage.Suchnumbersmust
Korea. To find a solution for this issue the
EnvironmentalPollutionbyU.S.
IV.SOFAneedsrevision
haveirritatedthegovernmentandhelpeditdecideontheideaofsupportingthefive-day
Korean government and the U.S.
troopsbytheyear.
workingweekwhichwillthenreducetheworkinghoursto40hoursaweekfromthe
government went under a 5-year-long
It is evident that this continuance of
currentlawfulstandardof44hours.
conference to establish a new provision
environmental destruction must not go on.
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▶Thereare9morecasesofconstant
But what the government is missing out is the actual need or the purpose of
related to environment in Status Of Forces
At first, an investigating committee that
pollutioninproblemnotshownon
2
introducing the five-day workweek system. The very purpose must be to achieve an
Agreement (SOFA). The environmental
includebothgovernmentsandthecitizensis
thegraph.
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1 1 1
1
improvementinworkers’healthandqualityoflife.Andwhenthebusinesscircleand
pollutingbyU.S.troops,however,continued
required. This committee must not be a
laborclashedwiththeirideasonthesystem,itclearlyledtothesensethatnothingwill
such as the recent oil leakage of
temporary group. It must be a sustaining
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000
change for the workers substantially, yet worse, the wages and quality of life will
NoksapyeongandWonjulastJulyandMay.
group that take charge of the entire case.
depreciate when this system gets through the legislative body without a thorough
Moreover, they have to be a group that
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examination.
I. Various kinds of environmental
watch out for the U.S. troops’ mistakes in
pollution
Atfirst,thebusinesscircleobjectedtothefive-dayworkweeksystembecausethey
state. This may be the problem that the
that “U.S. troops “respect” the
polluting environment, do periodical
were concerned that a two-day weekend would weaken the nation’s industrial
The environment means everything that
environmentalcrimeswouldnotstop.
environmental law of Korea.” And Korean
inspection superintending the deterioration
competitiveness in global markets and increase their financial burden. They
surround us, so the category of
government take care of recovery cost
ofU.S.troops’facilities.Second,itisneeded
apprehendedthenecessityandintendedthatthesystemshouldbeenforcedaccordingto
environmental pollution can be various.
II.EnvironmentalprovisionsinSOFA
themselves.
torevisetheSOFAprovisionsoveragain.It
andcomparingwithGerman
thetypeofindustry,thesizeoftheindustry,thenumberofmaleandfemaleemployees
First, the noise pollution in Maehyang-ri is
must include the concrete environmental
and the number of alternations on the production line. It was proved, however, that
serious.LocalresidentsinMaehyang-rihave
Thereasonthattheseaccidentscontinueis
III.WhathappenedinYongsannow?
provisions into main agreement. In addition
employees’leisurehourshadescalated,increasingworkers’health.Therateofabsence
suffered heavily because of bomb dropping
the problem in environmental provisions in
Let’s look at the oil leakage accident in
anapologyisindemandfromtheU.S.Army
decreased,productivityincreasedandinnovativeideasonworkperformancedeveloped
noise practiced by the U.S. Army in Kooni
SOFA. Environmental provisions were not
Noksapyeong in July. It’s been 1 month
on the polluted places where the root of
whenafewcompaniesimplementedthesystem.
range in town. Residents have filed a law
included the main agreements. They
sincethegovernmentbeganinvestigatingon
pollution is clearly from U.S. camp, and
Now the Tripartite Commission, a panel comprised of labor, management and
suit against the Korean government for
included in mutual agreement minute, and
the root of the oil leakage. At first, the
punish the concerned person under the
government representatives, is discussing the possibility of taking the entire weekend
mental, physical suffering. Second, soil and
memorandum of special understandings on
Korean investigator claimed to establish an
Koreanlawsystem.
offalongwiththeotherrelatedtalksonworkhours.Theproblemisthatthebusiness
undergroundwaterpollutioncametosurface
environmentalprotection,soitdoesn’thave
investigating committee formed by both
The Korean government needs to have a
circle has started to think carefully of the gains and losses when this system is
again after the oil leakage of Noksapyeong
legal binding force. That is why the U.S.
countries. But U.S. forces refused to
progressive attitude, not a low posture like
established.Forthepriceoflettingthefive-dayworkweektakeeffect,theyhaveinsisted
station. In case of soil and underground
force will not administrate the deterioration
cooperate. So Koreans were not able to
now.AndthepeopleofKoreashouldhavea
onabolishingthepolicysotherateofincomeincreaseswhenthelengthofserviceis
waterpollution,itwilltakeanenormouscost
of facilities, and Korean investigator can’t
examine inside the camp. They were only
sense of criticism and caring mind for their
long,fixingovertimepaymentratesandnotgrantingmonthlyandyearlyvacations.
for the recovery and it may even be
examineinsideofthecamp.Andthere’sno
abletoexamineoutsidethecamp.Thecivic
environment. U.S. Army should realize that
Inadditiontothesedemandsfromthemanagementstandpoint,theKoreanChamber
impossibletogetitrecoveredperfectly.
provisions to punish the U.S. troops
groups like Green Korea United insist that
they are using the land that they have
ofCommerceandIndustry(KCCI)announcedawildnumberof155to165thatthese
SOFA, came into effect on April 2, with
criminalsorreparationfromU.S.Army, so
therootoftheoilleakageisfromU.S.camp,
borrowed.Itisrequiredthattheylearnhow
are the number of days that Koreans will be taking days off in a year by resting on
theprovisionrelatingwiththeenvironment.
there is no way to punish U.S. troops to
so if the government don’t examine the
toborrowandreturnitasitwas.
Saturdays also, making Korea the nation with the longest leisure time. However, this
SOFAcallsitthe“Memorandumofspecial
ordertorestorethedamagebyU.S.troops.
camp,thetruthwillnotbefound.U.S.forces
calculationisnotaccurate.
understandings
on
environmental
In German, U.S. troops made a clear
drilled inside the camp, and tested the
TheKCCIhavenotcountedthe“non-regular”workers,orcontractworkersintheir
protection,”andthismemorandumseemsto
provision about environment. It says “U.S.
samples from the drilling under the self-
estimation, whereas the contract workers don’t get yearly vacations like “regular”
includeeverythingontheenvironment,butit
troops “observe” the environmental law of
auspice. And they cooperated with the
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workers. When these non-regular workers are included in counting the number of
doesnotmentiontheneedforreparationand
German,”AndU.S.troopsmustbearallthe
Korean investigator only when comparing
ReporterofNationalSection
vacationdaysinayear,thesumreaches136.5days.Atpresent,contractworkersmake
takingresponsibilityforreturntotheoriginal
recoverycost.ButincaseofKorea,theysay
the oil samples U.S. and Korea retrieved
up59%ofallworkersinKorea.Itissaidthatsuchanincreasewasinevitablebecause
theemployerhadtokeephiswitsaboutthefinancialproblemsaftergoingthroughthe
NationalSecurityLawmakesmothersgo
StudentsofPD
IMF.
Theissuesthatmightconcernlaborandwagesshouldbefocusedontheappropriate
object,whichistheworkers.Thefive-dayworkingweekwillbeneedednotonlytocut
outintostreetstoprotest
forcelaunch
down on the number of working hours, but to readjust overtime payments and the
system of working hours will also be a contentious story for the government to talk
aboutwhenthesystemcomesintoeffectnextyear.
theirfestival
A
studentactivist’smotherdemandedin
representatives
an-one man strike near Blue House
o
f
that the government should release all
Hanchongryun.
ByLeeMin-a
T
he Nationwide Student Festival was
conscientious prisoners on the Liberation
Police did not
EditorofNationalSection
heldatKoreaUniversityfromAugust9
Day, August 15, and abolish the National
halt the protest
to August 11. It was prepared by the
SecurityLaw.
and
some
National Council of Student Alliances, an
The demonstrator was Choi Chun-ok,
people
who
activist group known for proletariate
mother of Park Yo-sup who was the
sympathized
Seriesofprotestsurgingfor
democracy, or PD force as many students
presidentofDankookUniversity’sGSClast
them supported
callit.
year. Park was arrested for violating the
this one-man
This annual festival was the ninth
National Security Law, and released last
demonstration
reunificationmeanUSFKisout
gatheringforcollegestudentstostudy,have
year.Hewaspreparingtogotoarmy,butthe
also.
discussions and go out into the streets for a
police put him into the wanted list again
T h i s
small rally to share their ideas with the
because he helped his juniors in Dankook
demonstration
“
I
t is urgent that we realize what the
citizens. The first day of the festival started
University’s General Student Council
was started on
U.S. troops are really doing in our
off in Myungdong, located in downtown
(GSC).
August 1, two
land,” said Lee Kyung-ah, general manager
Seoul, holding an assembly on the danger
Another person who demonstrated to
days after the
KimSang-min/TheArgus
of the Council for National Reconciliation,
theyfeelonthelabor-relatedlawswhichare
protest against the National Security Law
announcement
Choiisonherone-manstrikeforhersontobereleased.
Self-reliance, and Reunification of Korea
changingfortheworse.Theyalsosetoutto
wasKimUi-hong,thechairpersonofKorean
of the govern-
(CNRSK).
gather signatures from the passers-by who
SocialInsuranceUnion.
ment that there
Lee was part of the 100 or so people on
showedagreementwiththesestudents.
Kim demanded to release the
are no more conscientious prisoners, so the
however, are 179, according to the Korean
August 14, when an anti-U.S. movement
The actual festival, more like a series of
conscientious prisoners, and abolish the
government would not release the prisoners
SocialInsurarceUnion.
rallyneartheUnitedStatesEmbassywasled
seminarsanddebates,wasatnightinsidethe
National Security Law, and Park demanded
onAugust15,theLiberationday.
by CNRSK. Speeches on the “brutality of
severalbuildingsatKoreaUniversity.
the cancellation of search instruction for
The number of conscientious prisoners,
ByKimSang-min/TheArgus
the U.S. Army to the Korean people” and
“People often say that General Student
“condemning the U.S. policies such as the
Councils are in desperation,” said Lee
AnotherrangebuiltbyUSFKbringsanxiety
MissileDefense(MD)plans”wereoutlined
Seung-joo,thechairmanofNationalCouncil
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
by Suk Young-hoon, a representative of
ofStudentAlliancesandalsothepresidentof
Members of CNRSK, participating in
CNRSK.
ImunGSC.Leestartedthe“YouthRallyI”,
2001 Grand Festival for National
U
This rally was one part of its tight-
the first main event on August 9. “It was
.S. troops are building another firing
problem for it was building a firing range
alocalresidentintroducinghimselfasChun.
Reunification are holding signs that
scheduledsummeritineraryfortheobjectof
always a thing to question and study over
range in Korea. This time the
without notifying the local residents.
“IcomehereeverydaytofarmandIthought
say,“Givebackourlandyouareusing
notifying the people of the harm the U.S.
andovertosatisfyfellowstudentsandactas
construction is taking place in Uijeongbu, a
Although the scope of construction work is
they were just building a cafeteria. What if
asarmybase.”
Armyhasbeencausing.Itstarteditssummer
aprogressivepersononpoliticalissuesatthe
regionjustoutsideofSeoul.CampJackson,
inside the camp, the only boundary that is
there is an accidental firing? It will be too
plan on July 23 by carrying out a
sametime.Ithinkthatthisfestivalwillgive
a camp for the Eighth United States Army
dividingtherangeandtheresidentialareais
loudforustolivenormally.”
demonstrationonobjectingtotheMDpolicy
Other problems were that farmlands and
us a chance to know more on the chronic
Wightman NCO Academy and the
afenceandtreesthatarecarefullyplantedto
Althoughtherearesomeseriousconcerns
in downtown Seoul. It also prepared a rally
shores have been polluted by the waste oil
problems.”
KATUSA Training Academy, is the unit in
coverupthescene.
associatedwiththerangebeinglocatednear
demurring to Secretary of State Colin
fromthearmybaseinWonjuandKunsan.
The rest of the days at Korea University
“Thesoldiershereneedaplacenearbyto
the town, the Eighth United States Army
Powell’s visit to Korea from August 26 to
“Wenotonlydisclosedthesequestionsbut
were filled with more discussions and
practice firing,” said Cho, a guard and also
(EUSA) seemed to forgot to inform people
28.
we got to talk to the local residents in the
performances that made all students come
one of a Korea Support Corps (KSC)
living around the camp that such work is
Themajorsummerworkthisorganization
concernedtowns.Theywereangeredbythe
together as one. A discussion on female
personnel at Camp Jackson. “There is no
underconstruction.Itwasnotlongagothat
hasaccomplishedisthetouringofthemain
situationandagreedthatsomethinghastobe
laborers became a big issue as they shared
needtoworryonthematterofsafety.There
Maehyang-ri, another village where a U.S.
U.S. camps in the peninsula. It proved the
done, even if it means that USFK have to
their ideas on the relationship between
are four-sided wooden walls that are
rangeisplaced,wasinastateofcontroversy
environmental damage that the army has
leaveKoreaforgood,”saidLee.
capitalism and women workers. Cases of
covering the range, and I’m sure there is
because the troops were causing too much
caused by investigating around the camps
CNRSKisacivicgrouporganizedin1999
women in India, China and Korea were
anotherformofprotectionsonobulletscan
trouble. People in Maehyang-ri suffered
and the residential areas around the camps.
to gather all forces and hold fast to the
broughtupandmanyfreshmen,asitistheir
slipout.”
fromhearingimpairmentfromthesoundof
CNRSK has reported to the participants of
policiesthatareonself-reliantreunification.
first time participating in such festival,
Next to the construction spot there was a
the firing and bombing, and lead poisoning
the rally that on the fourteenth in Sunchon,
showedeagernessinlearningmoreaboutthe
smallpieceoflandforfarmingandatrailfor
from the rusted machinery that the army
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
UH-60, a kind of military helicopter would
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
socialissuesinthecurrenttimes.
hikers. Across the street, which is dividing
usedfortargets.
Awarningsignispostedonthewallof
fly by an elementary school, causing too
the camp and Uijeongbu, there were blocks
TheconstructionatCampJacksonstarted
the construction site for the new firing
much noise for the children to study
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
ofapartmentcomplexes.“Ihadnoideathat
inMayanditisalmostreadyforuse.
rangeinCampJackson.
normally.
constructionsitewasforafiringrange,”said
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus

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