[Reporter Hong Lan, Korean Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] In an era of forest transition, over 1,000 forestry workers gathered in the heart of Seoul to correct distorted forest management and an unreasonable disaster response system. They asserted, "Foresters are also citizens, and private forests are also national land," and strongly demanded the realization of compensation for forest fires and landslides, and a shift in forest policy centered on private forests. The Korean Professional Foresters Association, along with 140 forestry unions nationwide, held a large-scale rally in front of Yongsan Samgakji Police Station on the afternoon of the 21st, urging the normalization of private forest management and the improvement of the disaster compensation system. The nationwide forestry workers' rally held in front of the Presidential Office is the first since the founding of the nation. The Forestry Workers Association stated,