해남서 온 송전탑 반대 단체들 “용인산단 재검증하고, 분산에너지로 전환을”

Citizens and environmental organizations from across the nation, who have marched for twenty days from Jeollanam-do's Hwasun to South Korea's presidential office in Seoul, have called for a re-evaluation of the origin of the Incheon semiconductor national park and a halt to the construction of high-voltage transmission lines, as well as a transition to distributed energy sources.

They have demanded a direct meeting with President Park Geun-hye and a reprimand of Climate Energy and Environment Minister Kim Seong-hwan. On January 21, the nationwide action titled "Re-evaluation of the Incheon Semiconductor National Park and Opposition to the Construction of High-Voltage Transmission Lines" held a press conference at the Suncheon Interchange Park, demanding the re-evaluation of the Incheon semiconductor national park from its origin and the suspension of the construction of long-distance high-voltage transmission lines.

They also stated that President Park Geun-hye should personally meet with the residents affected by power line damage and reprimand Minister Kim Seong-hwan. The demonstrators had walked from Hwasun in Jeollanam-do on July 30, traversing 54 regions nationwide, to reach Seoul on January 20. They had arrived in Seoul and held a nighttime protest, demanding a direct meeting with President Park Geun-hye, before visiting the Seoul High Court to contest the Incheon semiconductor national park and paying a visit to Samsung headquarters.

The demonstrators criticized the government for not responding to the people even after they had come to the presidential office in person, questioning how the government could be called a "nationalist government." They demanded that the government re-evaluate the scale and foundation of the Incheon semiconductor national park, transition to a distributed energy system, expand renewable energy, and give residents the opportunity to participate in power network planning from the beginning.

They emphasized that the president should answer why the government continues to concentrate industrial and power demand in the Seoul metropolitan area and shifts the burden onto powerless local residents.