Jeju is a beautiful volcanic island of 77,981.87 km² situated in the
Korea Strait. The island has many UNESCO World Natural sites: Hallasan,
the 1950m extinct volcano, which last erupted 1000 years ago; Geomun
Oreum Lava Tubes and Seongsan Ichulbong, also known as Sunrise Peak, a
rare example of tuff cone.
In 2005, Jeju was declared by the
South Korean government as "Island of Peace" for not only its natural
beauty but its tragic history of the April 3 uprising, where around
30,000 innocent people lost their lives. Currently, the government of
the ROK plans to construct a huge naval base on this magnificent island
against the will of the Jeju people.
The naval base will not
only destroy livelihoods of Gangjeong villagers and extinguish many
endangered marine species but also create and exacerbate tension in the
Northeast Asian region. That is why we need to struggle against the
construction of this naval base.
