Slow Korea Cleans Up Their Oil Clobbered Coast

As most of you already know, South Korea suffered a major environmental catastrophe on Friday when an oil tanker, carrying over 10.5 tons of oil, was struck by a runaway sea barge.
But that's only the beginning of this tale.
Citizens and neighboring countries accuse South Korea for not acting fast enough to deal with the accident. On the other hand, South Korea states that seasonal winds were to blame for the reaction time to put the booms up and that those same winds pushed the oil faster towards the coastline.
Either way, South Korea now has to deal with tons and tons of oil in their waters. Lee Jae-Hak of the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, states that it will take upwards to a year to completely remove the oil from the water and the land surface, "..but it will take four or five years to remove chemicals and other pollutants."