The fifth day of April is Arbor Day in Korea. A few weeks ago, large parts of Gangwon and Gyeongbuk mountain areas were devastated by unprecedented large-scale forest fire. On March 4, the blaze that started in Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do spread as wildfire up to Samcheok, Gangwon-do. The wildfire turned the forests in the east coast into ashes.[1] The fire resulted in tremendous damage. 20,523 hect..
