Soi Mountain is a low mountain located in Cheolwon, surrounded by wide plains and sites of Korean War battle fields. Miryoung, a new ecotourism guide, meets Myunghee, a senior guide, while climbing Soi Mountain where she works. Together, they practice their scripts for visitor tours as they climb. Their stories range from tiny moss, lichen to acacia trees, and include tales about Soi Mountain's military facilities and surroundings. As they climb, they each confront their personal stories of war and loss from their memories.

As a child, I often asked my grandmother to tell me old tales, and occasionally, I would hear stories of fleeing from the Korean War. She used to say, "Ants are the first ones to know when the tanks are coming, so you should follow them." Memories of war are like an anxiety that lingers for those who have lost loved ones. Just as it will take countless years to remove the landmines still buried from the Korean War, for some, stories of the war remain ever-present.

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