1. Hong Eun Sook 2. River project threatens ecosystem 3. This news reminds me a treadmill and the film 'Who killed electric cars?' It is such a big plan that can change most of ecosystem of Korea. But the truth of the plan might be hided by states and constructure companies. Most of the Korean people don't know, this plan has aleady started and what is really meaning of this plan. Gorvernment has ommited environment study intentionally. Although environmentalists have presented reasonable data and produced contrary evidence of the plan, Government has ignored it. I think that's the reason why Korean enviornmentalists are more extream than other countries'. Korea Government may be most extremely strict states. ---------------------------------------- YECHEON, North Gyeongsang Province/YEOJU, Gyeonggi Province -- Hoeryongpo, about three-hour drive south of Seoul, is a small village where a dragon-like lake twists and turns around the houses and trees. The river’s century-old sedimentation activities of have created a sandy plain surrounding the town, which has become a habitat for migratory birds and plants.
“This unique landscape may not be found in Korea any more,” said Lee Won-young, professor of urban planning at the University of Suwon, while looking at the village from the observatory last week.
As part of the government’s Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, construction is underway for dredging and damming the Nakdong River, which runs through the eastern part of the country.
When one of the planned dams is completed in the upper stream of Naesungcheon, a tributary of the Nakdong River, the professor said, less sand will flow into the waters surrounding the village and will change the ecology of the area.
“The sand in the Korean Peninsula, mostly from granite, filters water through the space between grains. In particular, the sandy plains, frequently spotted along the Nakdong River, provide a perfect habitat for wildlife,” Lee said.
“However, I heard a government official described the sandy plains as thick layer of fat that should be removed while promoting the river project.” Amid fierce resistance from environmentalists and opposition parties, the government launched the river project in November, aimed at improving water quality and preventing natural disasters along the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers.
The government also estimates the project will create 340,000 jobs and 38 trillion won ($34 billion) in long-term economic benefits.
With a combined 22.2 trillion won ($20 billion) injected from public funds, the river project is expected to become the costliest engineering work in the nation’s history.
It is also a core project of the “Green New Deal” policy pushed by the Lee Myung-bak administration. The government plans to complete the construction work by 2012 before Lee’s five-year term ends in 2013. ---------- http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100506000632
1. Lee, Sung-Hee 2. Saemangeum boosts regional hub ambition 3. 2010, April. 10 was the historic day which Saemangeum project was established over 10 years. According to picture of this news, President Lee Myung-bak and children wave national flags at the opening ceremony of the Saemangeum dike. this is likely to show the government`s strong will and hope for Saemangeum. Especially, children's figure to appear on opening ceremony of the Saemangeum dike give messages that Saemangeum is hope and futuristic. But Saemangeum has still many controversies. We need to keep watch on a government´s movement and this project's progress. ----------------------- Korea's 'Hollywood' couple ties the knot Koreans’ overseas studies may be waning Hallym, Uppsala to hold medical symposium Eminem’s new single delivers optimistic message Lee to discuss Cheonan with military chiefs Man says he sold prototype iPhone, will cooperate with police Low rates increase floating capital Daegu International School to open in August English name for Makgeolli wanted Incheon is a vacation from other airports The huge reclaimed land of Saemangeum, protected by the world’s largest seawall, will play a central role in Korea’s plan to develop the southern coastal area into a Northeast Asian hub of logistics, tourism and green industries.
The 33.9 kilometer-long sea dike was unveiled yesterday after nearly 20 years of work that cost 2.9 trillion won ($2.6 billion).
President Lee Myung-bak and children wave national flags at the opening ceremony of the Saemangeum dike yesterday. Yonhap News It is 1.4 kilometers longer than what was previously the longest dike at the Zuiderzee Works in the Netherlands, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The 400-square-kilometer-wide reclaimed tidal flat, about two-thirds the size of Seoul, will be used for industrial parks, tourism and leisure facilities, international business quarters, eco parks, science research centers and farmland.
The Saemangeum plan has been nearly stopped twice and altered a number of times over the past 20 years before being finalized last year. ------ http://www.koreaherald.com/specialreport/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100427000523
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1. Hong Eun Sook
ReplyDelete2. River project threatens ecosystem
3. This news reminds me a treadmill and the film 'Who killed electric cars?' It is such a big plan that can change most of ecosystem of Korea. But the truth of the plan might be hided by states and constructure companies. Most of the Korean people don't know, this plan has aleady started and what is really meaning of this plan. Gorvernment has ommited environment study intentionally. Although environmentalists have presented reasonable data and produced contrary evidence of the plan, Government has ignored it. I think that's the reason why Korean enviornmentalists are more extream than other countries'. Korea Government may be most extremely strict states.
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YECHEON, North Gyeongsang Province/YEOJU, Gyeonggi Province -- Hoeryongpo, about three-hour drive south of Seoul, is a small village where a dragon-like lake twists and turns around the houses and trees.
The river’s century-old sedimentation activities of have created a sandy plain surrounding the town, which has become a habitat for migratory birds and plants.
“This unique landscape may not be found in Korea any more,” said Lee Won-young, professor of urban planning at the University of Suwon, while looking at the village from the observatory last week.
As part of the government’s Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, construction is underway for dredging and damming the Nakdong River, which runs through the eastern part of the country.
When one of the planned dams is completed in the upper stream of Naesungcheon, a tributary of the Nakdong River, the professor said, less sand will flow into the waters surrounding the village and will change the ecology of the area.
“The sand in the Korean Peninsula, mostly from granite, filters water through the space between grains. In particular, the sandy plains, frequently spotted along the Nakdong River, provide a perfect habitat for wildlife,” Lee said.
“However, I heard a government official described the sandy plains as thick layer of fat that should be removed while promoting the river project.”
Amid fierce resistance from environmentalists and opposition parties, the government launched the river project in November, aimed at improving water quality and preventing natural disasters along the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers.
The government also estimates the project will create 340,000 jobs and 38 trillion won ($34 billion) in long-term economic benefits.
With a combined 22.2 trillion won ($20 billion) injected from public funds, the river project is expected to become the costliest engineering work in the nation’s history.
It is also a core project of the “Green New Deal” policy pushed by the Lee Myung-bak administration. The government plans to complete the construction work by 2012 before Lee’s five-year term ends in 2013.
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http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100506000632
1. Lee, Sung-Hee
ReplyDelete2. Saemangeum boosts regional hub ambition
3. 2010, April. 10 was the historic day which Saemangeum project was established over 10 years. According to picture of this news, President Lee Myung-bak and children wave national flags at the opening ceremony of the Saemangeum dike. this is likely to show the government`s strong will and hope for Saemangeum. Especially, children's figure to appear on opening ceremony of the Saemangeum dike give messages that Saemangeum is hope and futuristic. But Saemangeum has still many controversies. We need to keep watch on a government´s movement and this project's progress.
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Korea's 'Hollywood' couple ties the knot Koreans’ overseas studies may be waning Hallym, Uppsala to hold medical symposium Eminem’s new single delivers optimistic message Lee to discuss Cheonan with military chiefs Man says he sold prototype iPhone, will cooperate with police Low rates increase floating capital Daegu International School to open in August English name for Makgeolli wanted Incheon is a vacation from other airports
The huge reclaimed land of Saemangeum, protected by the world’s largest seawall, will play a central role in Korea’s plan to develop the southern coastal area into a Northeast Asian hub of logistics, tourism and green industries.
The 33.9 kilometer-long sea dike was unveiled yesterday after nearly 20 years of work that cost 2.9 trillion won ($2.6 billion).
President Lee Myung-bak and children wave national flags at the opening ceremony of the Saemangeum dike yesterday. Yonhap News
It is 1.4 kilometers longer than what was previously the longest dike at the Zuiderzee Works in the Netherlands, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The 400-square-kilometer-wide reclaimed tidal flat, about two-thirds the size of Seoul, will be used for industrial parks, tourism and leisure facilities, international business quarters, eco parks, science research centers and farmland.
The Saemangeum plan has been nearly stopped twice and altered a number of times over the past 20 years before being finalized last year.
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http://www.koreaherald.com/specialreport/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100427000523