'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Text Fwd: S. Korea Launches 4-River Project Despite Protests

Korea Times
S. Korea Launches 4-River Project Despite Protests
11-10-2009 15:35

South Korea Tuesday launched a $19 billion project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact.

Excavators started shifting soil to build temporary dams on two of the rivers after the Environment Ministry gave the green light following a four-month survey.

Under the plan the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers will be dredged, given new banks and equipped with dams along a total length of some 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles), according to AFP.

Prime Minister Chung Un-chan told a cabinet meeting the three-year program will mean less water is wasted, will improve water quality and will boost the economy of local provinces.

When completed in December 2012, the government says the rivers will be opened up for transport and tourism and floods and droughts will be controlled.

It also hopes the project will create tens of thousands of jobs as the country emerges from the global economic crisis.

Critics say the river project is a recycled plan to build a massive cross-country canal once touted by President Lee Myung-bak, a former construction CEO nicknamed the "Bulldozer."

The canal project was officially scrapped because of widespread objections.

The main opposition Democratic Party says the project is pointless and would gobble up funds for welfare, education and provincial development.

It vows to fight to scale down the project during parliamentary budget hearings.

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