SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Family members of six former South Korean presidents have met at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in the first such gathering dubbed as a symbol of “historic reconciliation.” The meeting on Saturday came as Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon invited the relatives of the former leaders to [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shoemaker Hyungji Esquire Co. announced that it will issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of shoes worn by former presidents. With a legacy of being a presidential shoemaker, the company restored the shoes worn by ex-presidents Roh Tae-woo, Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung and Lee Myung-bak, based on orders and [...]
CHEONGJU, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Councilors in the central province of North Chungcheong are pushing for legislation to support a plan to remove the statues of two former disgraced presidents from a public park. The provincial government decided on May 14 to remove all monuments of former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo from [...]