“All of this will be leveled to the ground for the golf course,” Hong Chong-gwan, who runs an organic blueberry farm on the foot of a mountain in Naebang-3-ri, told Korea Pro.

Residents of Naebang-3-ri, a tranquil village just an hour’s drive from Seoul, are fighting against the development of a new golf course that threatens to destroy the untouched nature they cherish, jeopardize their water resources and diminish their quality of life.

Despite South Korea’s land surface being roughly the size of Iceland or the U.S. state of Indiana, the country boasts more than 545 golf courses, according