news on the rivers..

"The committee sued, on May 7, 2010, 6 people including Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), Head of Seoul Regional Construction Management Administration (under the MLTM), CEO of the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), Head of the Gangcheon Dam Building Division (under the K-water), Manager of the Project Site No. 6 at ... See Morethe Han River (Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd.) and Manager of the Project 3 at the Han River (Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.) for their violation of the Wildlife Protection Act which prohibits Anyone from catching, collecting, releaseing, transporting, trading, damaging, or drying to kill Endangered Wildlife Species. And the committee also sued Ministry of Environment (MoE) and Head of Han River Basic Environmental Office (under the MoE) for their negligence for surveying and protecting the wildlife in the project areas along the Han River, at the same time. "

-quoted by Ma-Young, an environmentalist at KFEM working to protect Korea's rivers and wetlands