600 Years vs. 17 days: Pyeongchang Olympic Games' Environmental Cost

Before the end of the month, the construction of a downhill ski slope in a remote part of South Korea’s countryside is set to begin, demolishing a centuries-old forest. With little time left to act, environmentalists are urgently searching for ways to halt the project and protect the land. The steep slopes of Mt. Gariwangsan in eastern Korea’s mountainous Gangwon-do Province are home to one of the country’s oldest and most important woodland areas, with high concentrations of yew, aspen, fir an