The World - News from July 1, 1988

An Iraqi air raid on a natural gas refinery under construction in Iran killed 13 South Korean workers and injured 37, 14 of them seriously, Foreign Ministry officials announced in Seoul. All of the victims were employees of Daelim Industrial Co., which won a $230-million contract in April, 1984, to build the plant at Kangan, near the Persian Gulf about 500 miles south of Tehran, a company spokesman said. The spokesman said the company plans to recall the remaining 331 South Korean workers as soon as possible, leaving the refinery plant about 85% completed. A military communique issued in Baghdad said Iraqi planes flew a round trip of 900 miles to raid the plant.