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The Korea Rural Development Corporation damaged the columnar joint cliffs on the banks of the Imjin River.

I'm Seo-Sang Gyo.

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20m high cliffs run along the waterfront of Imjin River, Jangje-myeon, Jeokseong-myeon, Paju-si.

Ten meters of yellow ocher is revealed on the columnar cliffs, which are covered with colored leaves and trees.

The vertical cliffs with beautiful views have been damaged.

[Co-Chairman of Roh Hyun-gi / Paju Environmental Movement Association: I've been digging here with an excavator all the time, and the basalt columnar joints are here.

An adult-looking rocky rock that has just fallen off the cliff is rolling down the riverbed and in the water.

Paju Governor of Korea Rural Development Corporation was informed to the fishermen of the Imjin River on the 15th to create an access road to the nearby Jangpa pumping station.

[Eunmin: I'm trying to make 100m of roads by breaking here and making a temporary highway after renovation.]

The fishermen, who witnessed the damage, protested the violation of fishing rights, and the construction was suspended.

This rare columnar joint was formed during volcanic activity 120,000 to 500,000 years ago, and the red cliffs of the Imjin River, which glowed in sunset, have been called 'red walls' since ancient times.

Compared with Pocheon and Yeoncheon's columnar joints, red walls, and canyons managed as national geological parks, 18km of Imjin Redwall is not valued properly.

The Paju Environmental Movement Association called for a statement and urged to establish a legal device to protect the Imjin Red Wall.