'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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Saturday, March 19, 2011

[Jeju Update] Villagers and citizens protest upon the visit by the Joint naval chief of Staff

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* Thanks, Lisa Savage, for the congratulation message upon the Island Council's reversing resolution on the previous bill .
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On March 18, 2011, three days after the Island Council made the reversing resolution on the cancellation of the previous bill of which the absolute preservation areas in the Gangjeong village was annulled by the ex-Island council, the joint naval chief of the staff visited the Jeju Island Council and Jeju Island government. There were two citizen groups of con and pro of naval base lining in front of the Island Council in that morning. While the Gangjeong villagers and Pan-Island Committee for Prevention of Military Base and for Realization of Peace Island protested demanding to stop the navy’s current forceful construction, the right wing people shown in the right side of the video welcomed his visit and naval base construction. While the reversing resolution made the navy’s current forceful construction illegal, Kim Sung-Chan, Joint naval chief of staff was told later to express his strong will to continue construction, much to the disappointment by the Island Council and much to the fury by the villagers and citizens.

Click the image sources: News Jeju, Sisa Jeju, Seogwipo Daily Newspaper , Media Jeju

The navy should immediately stop construction respecting the Island people’s opinion!!!By the Pan Island Committee for Prevention of Military Base and for Realization of Peace Island


The right wing says to save the Peace Island with strong security and naval base. They are also proud of the South Korean navy’s crack down of the Somali pirates and remind the Cheonan ship incident


Citizens protest

Villagers in protests

Kim Sung-Chan, second from the right in the photo
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Protests on March 18 when the Joint Naval Chief of Staff visited the Island Council



Citizens protest upon the police surrounding them



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Prayer for Japan from the Gangjeong village, Jeju Island on March 18, 2011



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Some people, infuriated by the navy's changing Olle course that detoured the Joongduk coast, the planned naval base area, emphasized the original course


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Fence is being set up near the naval field office area, threatening the Gangjeong villagers' ancestors' tomb.





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In coast, power shovels work on smoothing rocks that they had moved here from somewhere. It is clear that the navy and companies are afraid to break the coast rocks, which would much infuriate the villagers. Instead they have been laying rocks and it is expected that they will laid concrete sooner or later to make a broad road to move the heavy equipments and plants for the maritime construction in earnest.
Near the Gangjeong port, the construction to install the web for prevention of dirty water from the future main construction is continuing. Another ship is moving the tetra pods.




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