‘Concrete block wall, forbidden land’… 120 years of history revealed
Global Economic Times
Global Economic Times | 2024-10-17 14:15:48
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◇Yongsan U.S. military base and city walk/Written by Kim Hong-ryeol/253 pages, 16,000 won, I’m Story
“Receiving the U.S. base in Yongsan and creating Yongsan Park goes beyond the meaning of creating a large-scale park in Seoul. It is a process and proof of overcoming the Japanese colonial period and the Cold War era and setting history straight.”
Kim Hong-ryeol, a doctor of urban engineering who worked on the Yongsan Park project at the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Urban Strategy Project Team for six years from 2016 to 2022, talked about the justification for building Yongsan Park in this book.
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