The Saemangeum Bay Development Project

One of my friends and my bandmate wrote a song about this recently. According to him, a wetland used by birds migrating from Russia to Australia is facing “development” on the order of being paved with concrete so that “love-hotels” (that is, by-the-hour sex hotels, not uncommon here as an escape from repressive home life) can be constructed. I’m collecting articles for students to debate about it with some information at their fingertips. It’s probablt the first big environmentalist issue I’ve heard about since coming here, except for the silly culinary preference for female crabs which is destroying the crab …

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Noh Mu Hyun opinion

Here’s an interesting opinion article on Noh Mu Hyun. I don’t know enough about him for now to comment myself, but I will try get some students to talk about him and also I’ll read more so I can try develop an opinion of my own that is informed by something other than just highly partisan newspapers.

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