Koreans leave embattled site<\/p>\n
MANILA (Reuter): Seven Korean engineers trapped for nine days
\nat an irrigation project in the southern Philippines finally got
\nout of the area yesterday when soldiers and Moslem rebels agreed
\nto quit the embattled site, diplomats said.<\/p>\n
About 1,000 guerrillas of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
\n(MILF) seized control of the project, financed by the Asian
\nDevelopment Bank (ADB), on Aug. 27 after a clash with army units
\nsent to guard the site.<\/p>\n
The South Koreans had been reluctant to leave for fear of
\nbeing caught in the crossfire between the rebels and hundreds of
\nsoldiers who had laid siege to the project site in Carmen town,
\nNorth Cotabato province, 910 kilometers south of Manila.<\/p>\n
The Korean engineers had said they had no problems with the
\nMILF until the military showed up last week and set up a
\ndetachment around the irrigation site. The Koreans finally
\nwithdrew after the opposing forces agreed to make a mutual
\nretreat, the construction attache at the South Korean embassy,
\nKim Hyung-soo, said by telephone.<\/p>",
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