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A tanker holed by a barge has spilled more than 10,000 tonnes of crude oil into the Yellow Sea in what officials say is South Korea's worst oil spill.
Authorities are battling to contain the oil inside a boom eight kilometres long, to prevent it damaging the coastline, as a fleet of 28 ships scatters dispersant chemicals. Officials are worried about a huge ecological disaster.
The Hong Kong registered tanker, carrying about 15,000 tonnes of oil, was berthed off the coast near Seoul when it was pierced in three places.
- NEWSTALK ZB
