When I prepared the Jeju naval base presentation, I understood it is complicated problem which is up a tree. I think both of government's position and Kangjung residents' position are understandable and reasonable. We can't give up both of national security and our environment. Even so, we should settle this problem for everyone.
Reasons claimed by government for the Jeju naval base are realistic. At present, The South Korean navy doesn't have an appropriate naval station for accommodating all task forces. In addition, Korea has been constantly threatened by foreign counties, especially North Korea while so many people think we are in peace. Anyway it is true that the one who keep Korea safe is Korea. Korea need to be strong for its security. Not only for improving our military forces, constructing the Jeju naval base is still reasonable for national interests. Also everyone knows preserving our environment is really important matter especially these days. But we can't deny that without having our own land, Korea, we don't have its nature.
At the same time, Kangjung residents is working hard to protect their village. Protecting environment is the matter for them because it's directly related to their living. Also the progress in inviting the naval base to Kangjung was not clear. Government should allay suspicions to have the legitimacy of constructing the base.
Also, I want to mention the online poll conducted by Jejusori in last August, The question was 'what is the best solution for building the Jeju base' and almost 30,000 people voted. The result was that 75% of public thought that the Jeju base should be constructed without delaying. And 24% of them thought this project should be canceled. If this poll is not fabricated. although all Korean didn't participated in the survey, I wonder it is okay to ignore the major opinion. I think we need to consider about this.
Actually I couldn't deal with everything about the base at the presentation because some sensitive matters like EEZ(exclusive economic zone), china, US and Ieodo etc. So, if possible, it would be good to look it up on the internet by yourself. At last, Jeju island is not for only Jeju residents. It is for all Korean. so I hope you are concerned about this matter.
I saw the conflict between the Jeju residents and the government about the naval problem from news. I assume that there're some positive effect when naval base constructed but the question is 'is it worth to destroy environment?' I agree there should be the one who could gain national interests and protect Korea but I'm not sure whether if it works.
답글삭제I didn't know anything about Jeju naval base project. This presentation teaches me about naval base issues =) In my opinion, preserve nature is more important than security. I know that national security is an important matter, too. But in this situation, we need to preserve the envirionment.
답글삭제08129313 parkseulgi
답글삭제People's thoughts about the Jeju Naval base project:
2011. 10. 7
http://blog.daum.net/skarlckdskarlckd/11600388
2011. 10. 11
http://blog.naver.com/dream11055/70121011849
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답글삭제There are villagers who are in favor of thee base project, but they remain a minority. So I would recommend an intensive review by a joint commission comprising residents' representatives, environmental experts and civilian and military authorities.
답글삭제Do we exist for government, or does government exist for us? This issue makes me think why always minority sacrifices for government’s legitimate cause. This matter is directly and fatally related to Jeju residents’ lives. Why does not the government try harder to persuade them? The government insists that constructing this naval base is for Korean security. I wonder what security is. The government is destroying the Jeju residents’ lives, their security, but the officials say that this is all for you. What is for us? We should consider this matter carefully. This case is similar to the issue of illegal villages was a former presentation subject. Through these two cases, I doubt why and for whom the government exists.
답글삭제08129313 Park Seulgi
I agree with you. We need to protect our nation and have power of nation.
답글삭제But we don't need to construct naval base in Jeju. Jeju-island is famous tourist spot and proposed site of the New7Wonders of Nature now.
So, I think goverment should decide to construct another place.
I think government has to build naval base for The Korean’s safety. These days a lot of china’s ships come to The Yellow Sea to fishing many fish. So if we build naval base and improve our military power, it reduce to fishing of Chinese.
답글삭제Before the presentation, i don't know the Jeju naval base project. And i never think about that. i think the government have to protect Jeju. Because this area is the best tourist spot. So if environment of Jeju spoiled, we received big damage.
답글삭제Actually, I also didn't know about this topic.
답글삭제There are different opinion about the Gang-Jung. The people who live in there suffered from many problems.
We should find solution for Je-ju naval base.