在環評通過後,韓國地方政府濟州島議會於16日上午召開緊急會議,討論是否動工建設軍港一事。會議過程中,場外聚集了許多濟州島民眾與來自全球性組織「全球市民社會共同預防武裝衝突運動」(GPPAC,Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict)的成員,進行和平抗議活動。但濟州島議員仍通過此決議,同意建設軍港。
今年6月,在韓國總統李明博訪問美國期間,與美國總統歐巴馬就韓美關係,從軍事同盟提升為全面的戰略同盟,達成協定,並通過《韓美同盟未來展望》(The Joint Vision for the ROK-US Alliance)。高麗大學教授金聖翰對此評論:「以往侷限在韓半島的韓美同盟影響力,將擴及到東北亞,甚至全世界」。
Martyr, Yang Yong Chan (1965 to 1991) who self-immolated for the opposition of the special law on the development of the Jeju island on Nov. 7, 1991. He was 25 years old at the time.
His major was History when he was an undergraduate student in the Jeju University but posed his study in his will after the military draft. Sine then, he participated in the ‘Seogwipo Young People’s Council for the Love of Nation’ in 1989, worked as a tile worker during the day and as a member of the meeting of the ‘Love of the Farmers’ inside the organization the other times. Later on, he worked as the representative of the meeting. He participated in the “Committee for the Issues of the Seogwipo Region’, had a great concern with the issues of the development of the Seogwipo region, Uruguay Round, Special Law on the Development of the Jeju Island, import of the agriculture and fishing products, and the tangerines of the region.
He left his testimony that ‘he wanted the Jeju Island as a nest for life rather than the 2nd Hawaii’ and self-immolated in fire, shouting, “Deter the Special law” and “Smash the Minjadang(The Dominating right wing party at the time)”
(Reference: Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
who referred from the Korean Council for Democratic Martyre)
Martyr, Yang Yong Chan, May Deter the Naval Base!
: A Memorial Cultural Event for the 18th Anniversary of a Young Martyr was Held in the Gangjeong Village, A Land Of Peace. Jeju Island on Nov. 7, 2009
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