SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean engineers have obtained chunks of gas hydrate in the East Sea and successfully separated gas from them, the government said Sunday, a move that may give the resources-scarce country a new source of energy. "The discovery is important because it shows for certain that a pool of gas hydrate is there," said Lee Seung-woo, head of an oil field development team in the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy. Lee said the 2,000-ton South Korean oil drilling ship Tamhae 2 has recently found a pool of gas hydrate 100 kilometers south of Ulleung...