On Nov. 22 at the Seoul Press Center, the Chief of the Korea Forest Service along with representives from cultural and arts sector, media, press, educational sector, civic organizations formed a committee to save the Korean pine trees which recently have been suffering from pine wilt disease. They called for public concern and participation in pine tree protection.
Cho Yon-hwan (Chief of KFS), Kang Ji-won (lawyer), Kim Hu-ran(Chair of the House of Literature), Moon Guk-hyun(President of Yuhan-Kimberly), Yu In-chon(Chair of Seoul Cultral Foundation), Lee Hyung-mo(President of Citizen Newspaper), Jeon Young-woo (Professor of Forest Resources of Kukmin Univ.), Ji Young-sun (Chair of 136 Environment Forum), Choi Yeol (Chair of Environment Foundation)