"Opportunity to Make Money" vs. "Chinese Solar Cartel"... The Controversy Over 'Solar Power on Farmland'

President Lee: "Income can be several times higher than farming"... Orders review of permits and facility funding support
Opposition: "The true purpose of the farmland survey is revealed"... Government: "The survey is not for expanding solar power"
President Lee Jae-myung speaking at a cabinet meeting held at the Blue House on the 29th of last month ⓒYonhap News "It seems that converting farmland for solar power projects yields quite high profits. It means one can earn several times more income than through general farming." (President Lee Jae-myung)
"70% of domestic solar modules and 96% of solar cells are Chinese-made. We will end up covering looted farmland with Chinese solar products." (Jang Dong-hyeok, People Power Party Representative)
The political 'farmland controversy' has reignited as President Lee Jae-myung brought up the idea of utilizing idle farmland for solar power generation, coinciding with the government's comprehensive survey of farmland. This comes even as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs officially clarified just five days ago that "the claim that the comprehensive farmland survey is for the expansion of solar power is untrue." As the President directly linked farmland conversion to solar power businesses, the People Power Party immediately ramped up its offensive, stating, "The true purpose of the comprehensive survey has been revealed."
Source: Sisa Journal (https://www.sisajournal.com)https://www.sisajournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=389296