SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The road around Gwanghwamun Square will be partially closed starting March 6 to make room for an ambitious renovation project, the Seoul city government said Monday. Sejong-daero, which currently lines both the east and west sides of Gwanghwamun Square, will be closed on the west side starting at midnight [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday began renovation of its landmark Gwanghwamun Square, aiming to transform the busy intersection into a verdant public park. Traffic lanes will be expanded on the east of the square, located in the capital’s central Jongno Ward and adjacent to the U.S. Embassy, while [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Sunday it will redesign Gwanghwamun Square and the road around it in an effort to transform the square into a city-center park with more trees and flowers. The sweeping plan calls for removing the western side of the 10-lane Sejongro boulevard to expand the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Thursday hinted at delaying an ambitious plan to develop Gwanghwamun Square, a plaza in the city’s center that has become a symbol of democracy following candlelight vigils in 2016 demanding the impeachment of then President Park Geun-hye. “We are prepared to do anything for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Moon Jae-in administration has formally put the brakes on Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s ambitious bid to renovate Gwanghwamun Square, a national landmark located in the heart of the capital, officials said Thursday. According to the officials, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety sent an official notice to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A minor ultra-right party took down its protest tents at a public square in central Seoul early Tuesday just before city officials arrived there to remove them. The Our Republican Party, however, said it would return to Gwanghwamun Square soon to continue their campaign to press for a special [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Tensions were running high at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square on Tuesday, as a far-right minor opposition party reinstalled tents for anti-government protests there hours after their demolition by municipal officials. Early in the morning, the Seoul metropolitan government demolished tents set up by the Korean Patriots Party, now the Uri [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The work to dismantle a memorial altar for the victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry accident kicked off at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Monday, five years after the deadly disaster rocked the country. The work was expected to take about four hours, Seoul city said. At the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The memorial portraits of the hundreds of victims who died on the ill-fated ferry Sewol in 2014 were relocated from a protest site in central Seoul on Sunday, years after they were placed there amid calls for punishment for those responsible for the ferry’s sinking. The association of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Changes are set to be implemented for the terms of use for Gwanghwamun Square to hold festivals or protests, including a cap on the maximum length of occupation. Under the new rules, event organizers and protestors won’t be able to occupy the landmark location for more than six days for [...]