Forest Service, Restores DMZ Electronic Warfare Hazard Excavation Site as a Symbol of Peace

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service announced on the 13th that it has completed the forest restoration of the Baekseoksan 6.25 War Casualty Excavation Site in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) area, transforming it into a symbol of peace.

The forest restoration of the excavation site was completed through cooperation among civilians, government, and military. The forest area around here was the site of fierce battles around September 1951, where many war casualties were buried.

However, due to the nature of the DMZ, the excavation of war casualties began only in the early 2000s, and the forest restoration of the excavation site was recently completed, according to the Korea Forest Service.

The project is significant in that it restored the forest of the excavation site in the DMZ area and that the restoration was carried out through cooperation among civilians, government, and military.

The excavation site is a forest area under the jurisdiction of the Korea Forest Service, with the restoration project led by the civilian organization Life Forest and sponsored by Yuhan-Kimberly. The restoration project was carried out from June to the end of October, spending 140 million KRW to restore 1.4 hectares of forest to its original state. The construction was undertaken by the Yanggu Forest Cooperative.

Starting with this, the Korea Forest Service plans to continuously expand forest restoration along the three major forest ecological axes: Baekdudaegan, the DMZ, and island coasts.

To this end, the ‘Baekdudaegan Protection Act’ was amended in May, and the revised act will be fully enforced starting on the 27th of this month.

Shim Sang-taek, Director of Forest Protection at the Korea Forest Service, said, “The forest restoration of the excavation site is meaningful in that it overcomes the historical pain of the Korean War and transforms the area into a space of peace by easing tensions between the South and North through forest restoration.”

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