[Jeju Update] For children’s peace school in the future/ Will the excavation serve for navy’s another justification for base construction?

* See the translation of the scanned letter below.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
[Jeju Update] Pan-Island Committee starts one-man protest/ Road construction is processed in the field office site/ Excavation that may bring a turn
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* Protestants’ advertisement with statement opposing naval base, Jeju Domin Ilbo, Jan. 26, 2011 제주 도민 일보 , 2011년 1월 26일 (* Thanks to Prof. Yang Yoon-Mo and Mr. Go Gwon-Il)

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A plan by the Jeju Cultural Heritage Institute that researches on the cultural properties in the areas related to the Jeju naval base construction

제주 해군 기지 건설 관련 지역 들의 문화재 조사를 하는 제주문화유산연구원의 계획

(* Thanks to Mr. Go Gwon-Il, Gangjeong villager/ English translations were added on the map)

* See the below for translation.
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* Image thanks to a Gangjeong villager

Jan. 26 1월 26일

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* The below is a translation of the scanned letter above:

Related to the construction on the Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Style Tour Beauty Harbor

Current drive situation

ｏ 08. 5. 19: Submits the research report on the surface of the earth (Navy headquarter-> City of Seogwipo -> Island)

▪ Research areas: total 17,200,000 square meters (land 2,200,000; sea 15,000,000)

ｏ 08. 10. 3: Notices preservation measure on the cultural properties (Jeju Island-> City of Seogwipo)

▪ 08. 10. 7: Notices preservation measure on the cultural properties (City of Seogwipo -> Navy)

-Notice Content: Execution on the excavation research on the relic- distributed areas ( areas A, C)
: Execution on the excavation research on sample in the area of possible existence of remains(area B)

※ Discovered relic: patternless earthenware fragment(s), porcelain fragment(s), pottery fragment(s) etc- high possibility of remains

ｏ 08. 7. 25: Applies for the permission on the alteration on the present status on the cultural properties of the nation-designated (Navy headquarter -> City of Seogwipo)

▪ 08. 7. 30: delivers application document for the permission on the alteration on the present status (City of Seogwipo ->Island)

ｏ 09. 9. 28: Permits on the alteration of present status on the cultural properties of the nation-designated (Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea -> City of Seogwipo)

▪ 09. 9. 29: Notices on the permission item(s) on the alteration of present status
(City of Seogwipo  Navy headquarter)

- Business Content: Construction on the Jeju civilian-military complex style tour beauty harbor
- Business size: Total area-1,400,000 square meters (land 480,000, sea 920,000)
- Business term: by Dec. 31, 2014

ｏ 10. 2. 11: Applies for permission on the 1st excavation on the buried cultural properties (Navy headquarter->City of Seogwip)

▪ 10. 2. 16: Delivers application document for permission on excavation (City of Seogwipo->Island)

- Excavation section: C-1 zone (Beside the Gangjeong stream)
- Applied area size of excavation: 23,715 square meters(Part of the total area size, 276,052 square meters)
- Research Institute: Jeju Cultural Heritage Institute (*foundation)

ｏ 10. 2. 24: Notices of permission on the 1st excavation on the buried cultural properties (Island->City of Seogwipo->Navy)

▪ Research Institute: 10,3.22~ 5.7

ｏ 10.5.7: Informs the completion of excavation on the buries cultural properties
(Navy Headquarter->City of Seogwipo->Island)

ｏ 10.12.27: Applies for the permission on the 2nd excavation on the buried cultural properties (Navy headquarter->City of Seogwipo->Island)

▪ Excavation area: 252,337 square meters (A, C-2 zones etc., the total remaining areas in the 1st excavation)

ｏ 11. 1. 7: Permission for excavation on the buried cultural properties (Island-> City of Seogwipo ->Navy headquarter)

▪ Excavation term for 54 days from the start day (has not currently been set up as of Jan. 20, 2011):
(* Translator note: It started on Jan. 25, 2011)
- Research Institute: Jeju Cultural Heritage Institute (*foundation)

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Jan. 26 1월 26일

How do the construction workers feel about their working for construction on the navy field office? Most of them came from the Jeju Island. Recently a construction worker in Seoul died being frozen because of coldness in his small and unheated room. The lives of the construction workers in the Jeju Island could be same or worse as well, as the Jeju has suffered for decreasing jobs and increasing irregular jobs due to the rich-centered developmentalism and neo-liberalism that have affected the Island, too.
Among the workers, one of them would say, “I have been in the Joongduk coast on Dec. 25 when Fr. Kang Woo-Il led the X-mass peace mass (which was against naval base) But what can we do? We are powerless” Another has said similar words days ago. He is a Gangjeong villager but works inside the gate. He said, “I understand you oppose the naval base. I am not happy, either, But what can we do? We are powerless.”

It is such sad and sorry situation that they are neither consoled enough nor provided with a positive vision of victory. One may say this to them.

“We understand you. We know that you don’t want the naval base. We know that you are doing that because of your livelihood. Please build well so that those buildings can be your children’s peace school in the future.”
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