Fwd from Save Jeju Now
Today, you may help us by sending this to the members of the Budget and Balance Committee of the National Assembly.
The villagers and people have been doing peace bows despite cold weather in front of the National Assembly, Seoul, since Dec. 24. Today, Dec. 29 is the final day on the talk on the 2013 Jeju naval base budget. See the below for contact email address
PHOTOS OF A KOREAN ENVIRONMENTAL HOLOCAUST, DECEMBER 29, 2012 | Snapshot #1: The south Jeju Sea, which contains one of the world’s largest and most spectacular soft-coral forests as well as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, has been infiltrated by 13 coral-dredging barges. The barges are working around the clock to crush and destroy the precious and amazing coral habitats. The idea is to build a state-of-the-art military navy base that will accommodate sonar-emitting nuclear submarines, Aegis-missile technology destroyers, the largest U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier, and other warships. | Snapshot #2: Villagers from Gangjeong perform thousands of full bows in the snow from morning to night in front of the Seoul Assembly. They have been here since before Christmas to protest the construction of the base. Construction of the base will destroy everything they value dearly: their food source, their culture, their history, their future. The Korean government tells them the base is needed for national security. But the villagers do not believe turning their island into a military target will make them more secure. Security for the chaebol minority is death to Korea’s working class people and nature. | Gangjeong villagers protest base construction on Christmas Eve. |
Snapshot #3: Far to the south, on Jeju Island, Gangjeong villagers hold a continual protest vigil at the construction gate, around the clock, through snow and hail. They block the continual parade of construction trucks entering the base-construction zone, in an effort to delay the project as much as possible. | Snapshot #4: A worker on one of the dredging barges has collected a few of the many beautiful, once-living shell creatures he dredged up in the course of a day’s work. The marine life here is some of the most diverse and abundant in the world. If the base is not stopped, all life here will be dead, from the siltation, release of heavy metals and other toxins, and sonar. Korea’s last pod of dolphins will perish, since they are not long-distance swimmers and there is no temperate refuge in proximity of the destruction. The Gangjeong villagers are crying, “They are killing all the creatures in our sea!” * * * * * * If the Jeju base is built, nothing could be more dangerous to the future security of Korea (or more profitable to the chaebol). It would be a message, loud and clear, to China and North Korea that the Republic of Korea staunchly supports the U.S. military agenda. We must emphasize DIPLOMACY, NOT BASE-BUILDING. CUT THE 2013 BUDGET FOR THE JEJU NAVY BASE CONSTRUCTION! |
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Members of the Budget and Balance committee, Democratic United Party (21)and United Progressive Party(2)
ggh000@naver.com, kdc2000@na.go.kr,
kimcj@assembly.go.kr, ktn21@assembly.go.kr,
wraenoh@hanmail.net, bdmin1958@assembly.go.kr,
parknamchun@naver.com, jhok100@hanmail.net,
intoan429@hanmail.net, ams@osan21.or.kr,
YSJ@assembly.go.kr, lmk2014@na.go.kr,
smlee@assembly.go.kr, lys6062@assembly.go.kr,
lys6062@assembly.go.kr, ssaribi317@hanmail.net,
choiminhee51@gmail.com, js21@assembly.go.kr,
youngvote@hanmail.net, ksd519@gmail.com,
jinbosk@gmail.com
Members of the Budget and Balance committee, ruling Saenuri Party(27)
ggotop@assembly.go.kr, ksdd22@naver.com,
ldek3525@naver.com, my733@hanmail.net,
kst0331@assembly.go.kr, kjg7942@jinjucity.com,
taewon@ktw.or.kr, ansung@assembly.go.kr,
sungkull@na.go.kr, 2020shp@na.go.kr,
yg4namgu@naver.com, ljy2111@assembly.go.kr,
yschang49@assembly.go.kr, bgchoung@assembly.go.kr,
jhs01000@hanmail.net, johj98@assembly.go.kr,
ijysoon@naver.com, mphonglove@hanmail.net,
hip@assembly.go.kr, jiman0530@naver.com,
khp316@na.go.kr
(For the details of 50 members in the Budget and Balance committee in Korean, see here. The address above are collection of the available)
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