Forcing island of peace to host military base
The island and its inhabitants are unwilling hosts to a giant, $1 billion naval base currently being built. The construction is wrecking a great deal of Jeju’s stunning natural environment.
Emily Schwartz Greco is the managing editor of Other Words, a non-profit national editorial service run by the Institute for Policy Studies. Other Words columnist William A. Collins is a former state representative and a former mayor of Norwalk, Connectic
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Back in the spring, an Asian tragedy fleetingly made headlines when an overloaded ferryboat sank on its way to South Korea’s Jeju Island. Nearly 300 people aboard the Sewol ferry perished, mostly children.
We’ve been hearing way less about the tragedy...
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