Because of successful reforestation programs and the declining use of firewood as a source of energy since the 1960s, most of South Korea's hills in the 1980s were amply covered with foliage.
På grund af skogplantningsprogrammer og mindsket brug af træ som energikilde siden 1960-erne, var det meste af Sydkoreas højdedrag i 1980-erne rigelig dækket med skov.