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Article: President Lee reaffirms scrapping of controversial 'canal project'.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- June 29, 2009
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SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak tried to put an end to a months-long controversy over a disputed canal project Monday, once again promising not to pursue the plan during his presidency. The multi-billion-won project was one of Lee's main campaign pledges in the 2007 presidential election, which he won by the largest margin of votes in recent history. The president was forced, however, to withdraw the project due to strong public opposition amid fears the canal, which would connect Seoul to the southern port city of Busan, would be a waste of money and an environmental disaster. The controversy was renewed when the government announced in April a detailed ...