White Elephant in the RiverMovie
"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.
About White Elephant in the River
White Elephant in the River is a 2025 documentary movie directed by Choe Seung-ho.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 39m, production credits from South Korea, an original language code of KO.
The credited cast includes Choe Seung-ho, Lee Myung-bak. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
