The most pivotal part of the New Village Movement was the paving and extending roads. Likewise, bridges served to connect the roads. Roads promised efficiency in production and also increased communication between city and countryside.

• New Village work in Sandang-dong (town), Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun

  1972. Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall.

• New Village work in Sanju-dong (town), Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun

  1972. Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall.

• New Village work in Gogok 1(il)-dong (town), Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun

  1972. Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Paving the village road.

• New Village work in Singok 1(il)-dong (town), Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun

  1972. Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall. Looking at the barley, it appears to be early spring. Most new village work was carried out in March when the ground was thawing and it was still not the busy agricultural season.

• New Village work in Gogok 1(il)-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun

  Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

• New Village work in Sinpung village

  Scene shows the paving of a farm road. Personal photograph owned by Kim Jungbae, of Yeonpung-myeon, Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do. 1973.

• New Village work in Songnim 1(il)-dong (town), Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun

  Not many people are shown, but it is striking to see elderly people working. Scene shows a widening of the road within the village. 1972. Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall.