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• Ecology, common goods (South Korea)

  South Korea - The Heaviest Rainfall in 115 Years and Record-breaking Heat Waves: Climate Disaster Caused by Growing Inequality

  29 August, by YAMANAKA Karen

  For several days from 8 August, heavy rains fell continuously mainly in the Seoul metropolitan area, flooding homes, roads and subway stations of Seoul. By 10 August, at least 11 people had been killed, about 570 had temporarily lost their homes, and seven others were missing as a result of the (...)

• Ecology, common goods (South Korea)

  Restore Saemangeum!

  18 October 2007, by Collective

  Saemangeum, the once glorious estuary on the west coast of South Korea, is dying. Open the sea-gates now. Restore Saemangeum!
  In April, 2006, dumper trucks poured their final loads of rubble and rock into the last remaining gap in a 33-km long dyke, and closed off 40,000 hectares of this vast (...)

• Ecology, common goods (South Korea)

  Denouncing the Seoul Metropolitan City Government’s Water Privatization Plan

  17 October 2007, by Joint Action against Water Privatization

  The Joint Action against Water Privatization in Korea held a press conference on 17^th october against Seoul City Government’s plan to corporatize and privatize city’s water. Here is the press statement.
  Dear Friends,
  On August 10, Seoul Metropolitan City government announced its plan to turn (...)