CinemaOSMovie · 2025 · 1h 39m

White Elephant in the River

Documentary

"Was it the President who ordered the rivers to be six meters deep?" In 2008, under President Lee Myung-bak's administration, South Korea's Four Major Rivers Restoration Project turned the country's beautiful rivers into scenes of devastation. What were once pristine first-grade waters became lifeless rivers, choked with toxic green algae emitting foul odors. Crops irrigated with this contaminated water are now served on the table of Korean people. The government disguised a grand canal project as river restoration, and the media turned a blind eye — together enabling one of the greatest environmental destructions in Korean history. The consequences of this deception will be borne by future generations. To ensure that future generations can once again run freely along the rivers, we must act—now. We must make Korea's rivers flow again.

Directed byChoe Seung-ho

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 39m
Language
KO
Released
August 6, 2025
Studios
Newstapa

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Choe Seung-ho

Choe Seung-ho

Self

Lee Myung-bak

Lee Myung-bak

Self

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Directed by
Choe Seung-ho
Choe Seung-ho

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