Rains force N. Korea to release dam water
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July 19, 2010, Monday
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NORTH Korea warned it may have to release dam water into a river flowing to South Korea because of heavy rains, Seoul's government said yesterday. A similar, unannounced incident last year killed six people, straining ties between the testy neighbors.
The South's Unification Ministry said it was making necessary preparations.
The government sped up construction of a large, anti-flooding dam, which has been in operation since June 30, in response to the construction of the North Korean dam, blamed for last year's deadly surge.
"There won't be any problem," said Moon Kwang-hyuk, a Land Ministry official. "We can just store the released water in our dam."
When the North Korean dam discharged an estimated 40 million tons of water into the Imjin River last September, killing six people, some South Korean media speculated Pyongyang possibly meant it as an attack.
The North, however, later said it had to release water because levels at its own dam were dangerously high.
The South's Unification Ministry said it was making necessary preparations.
The government sped up construction of a large, anti-flooding dam, which has been in operation since June 30, in response to the construction of the North Korean dam, blamed for last year's deadly surge.
"There won't be any problem," said Moon Kwang-hyuk, a Land Ministry official. "We can just store the released water in our dam."
When the North Korean dam discharged an estimated 40 million tons of water into the Imjin River last September, killing six people, some South Korean media speculated Pyongyang possibly meant it as an attack.
The North, however, later said it had to release water because levels at its own dam were dangerously high.
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