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Article: SOUTH KOREA TO BUILD SOLAR POWER FACILITY ON DOKDO.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- August 6, 2008
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SEOUL, Aug 6 Asia Pulse - South Korea will build a solar power facility on Dokdo by November as plans to make the islets more habitable to visitors are being reviewed, the government said Wednesday.
Construction of a solar power facility should begin in September after detailed environmental impact studies are completed, sources at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Korea Energy Management Corp. (KEMCO) said.
The sustainable power unit is to be set up on one of the East Sea islets, where a 50-man police detachment is stationed to enforce South Korea's sovereignty over the area. There is also a permanent pier used by a civilian ferry and Coast ...