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according to Korea Herald reported on August 7, despite public opposition has been Jeju Island, but South Korea’s Defense Ministry decided to build a naval base in Jeju Island. Many people fear that the U.S. may use the base as a hedge against China to ensure regional maritime supremacy strategy posts, and even as a base for missile defense to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles in China.

Korean media said, a strategic naval base on Jeju Island, Korea in construction caused controversy continues to heat up. Forcing opponents halted the plan, while the South Korean Defense Ministry vowed to promote the project to start construction work. In June 2007, South Korea Jeju Special Self-Ting Jiang Village is designated as the total value of 977.76 billion won (about $ 914.4 million) project address, as both sides refused to compromise, so controversial until now.

South Korean military officials said that to properly deal with an incident in southern waters, maritime transport routes to ensure national security, and promote regional economic development, the construction work is necessary. However, the opposition that plans to build the facilities will lead to the militarization of the island, Jeju Island, Korea in 2005 named the island of world peace. They also pointed out that building the base will lead to environmental degradation, and not conducive to the development of tourism in the island.

Korean media said the controversial project requirements in the Korean peninsula, 90 km south coast of the establishment of a dual base, to provide terminals and related facilities, and be able to park a team consisting of more than 20 ships mobile fleet and the displacement of 15,000 tons of two patrol boats. The total project budget amounted to 140.5 billion won, of which 14% have been used for the initial construction spending. Although the South Korean Navy and two construction companies signed two contract, in January 2010 began the construction of port facilities, but due to opposition calls for continued, leading to significant progress has not been made.

Korea, including the largest opposition Democratic Party and the Democratic Labor Party, five opposition parties, will be upgraded to a new object class level, urging the government to stop construction of the project work should be considered public opposition. In the press conference, five opposition parties formed a fact-finding group members said the project is likely to undermine the island’s environment and ecosystems. But at the end of the meeting only a few minutes later, South Korean Defense Ministry reiterated the determination to complete the project construction work, and said he was concerned that the project has been caught in the ideological struggle.

a senior South Korean Defense Ministry official said that in recent months, mainly living in the river around the village people Ting against the project, hampered construction work, resulting in substantial financial losses. So far, the construction has been stalled for 10 months, the Defense Department this month will be lost 5.98 billion won. Lee Yong-dae said, adding that some of the activists have been spreading misleading information about the project, confused people.

Korean media said, the focus of another controversy/cause, given the geopolitical location of the island – close to the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, the United States may use the base as a hedge against China’s maritime supremacy strategy to ensure regional outpost . Critics believe that South Korea will allow its main ally the United States to use the base, although temporary use, but will lead to unnecessary military tension between China and the U.S.. Some even speculated that even as a U.S. missile defense base in another, to block China’s intercontinental ballistic missile.

South Korean Defense Ministry said that although the U.S. warships can access the temporary base, but the United States, Japan, many countries have a large number of ships visit overseas ports and to participate in international military exercises, and other purposes . Taking into account its missile defense questioned South Korean Defense Ministry responded that the United States has a built in Okinawa missile defense base, so no need to order to cover the entire Northeast Asian region and the other to build a base of.

Korean media said, as U.S. military expansion in Jeju Island to say, South Korean Defense Ministry that the U.S. base will not focus on Jeju Island, Busan and Gimhae because of its already established base. He also added that the new base is to reduce the South Korean military dependence on the U.S. part of the effort. Supporters argue that the construction project naval base in Jeju Island, could significantly reduce the occurrence of China or Japan in the same conflict at sea, the South Korean navy ships to reach the southern seas of time. For example, if the outbreak of conflict in the Soviet Union reef, then the port of Busan ships up to 21 hours to arrive around 8 hours from Jeju Island can be reached, a departure of ships from Shanghai, China will need 14 hours. Korean media said the ROK is currently maintained effective control of the Soviet Union rocks. Geographically, the Soviet Union away from the rocks near South Korea. But there are some critics said that if any location in the peninsula to deploy long-range strategic weapons, can be a threat to try to “control the island,” the plot, then there is no geographical proximity of any meaning. (Compiled: Spring)

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