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Korean Reunification 3p Tyranny of Superior 2p vol.17 June, 2013 Antiquaire English News Paper 1 Return of Sungnyemun The No. 1 national treasure of Korea, Sungnyemun had finished its restoration and reopened in May 4, 2013. The restoration work started in February 2008 and completed in April 2013. It took almost 5 years since Sungnyemun was burned. Do you know about the national treasures? The Korean government first named 116 items as the national treasures and gave them numbers in 1962. Currently, there are 315 national treasures. The No. 1 national treasure of Korea is Sungnyemun. It is also called as Namdaemun because it is located in the south of Seoul. But I think I have to use the word ‘was’ instead of ‘is’. Have you ever been to Sungnyemun? Sungnyemun was one of the gates in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea. The gateway of it which was pagoda-styled was located between Seoul Station and Seoul City Plaza. It was one of the three major gateways of Seoul city wall which is a stone circuit of 18.2 km long and 6.1 m high. Sungnyemun construction was first started by King Taejo of Joseon in 1398, and was rebuilt in 1447 during the year of King Politics Sejong the Great. But the wooden pagoda atop the gate was severely damaged by the arson in 2008 when an old Park Geun-Hye visits U.S. man set a fire on it due to a grudge against the government. Restoration work on Sungnyemun started in February 2010 and was completed in 29 April 2013. It officially Around the Globe reopened in 4 May 2013. It costed 25 billion won ($22.5 million) to restore Sungnyemun. As soon as the restoration Same-sex marriage "Anonymous" finished, all citizens shouted and cried out. Also, many events were held such as photo exhibitions of Sungnyemun. Margaret Thatcher President Park Geun-hye also celebrated the reopening of the ancient gate, saying it will mark the path to a new era. Despite we tried really hard to restore its own image, there were still some differences between first one and the Science restoration one and unfortunately, this fact made some people depressed. The most different feature between two is Animal testing Ultraviolet rays the color. The original one’s color was very elegant because the stones were old. In contrast, the new one’s color is Space development serial colorful and impressive. So some people were disappointed because they thought Sungnyemun lost its pureness. Also, the handwriting of the signboard was changed too. Actually, the original one’s signboard was written by Prince Sports Yangnyeong (1394-1462), who was an elder brother of King Sejong of Joseon dynasty. However, as the unfortunate Top 10 soccer stars accident occurred, it was rewritten with a different hand. Except these ones, there are still many different things Retirement of Ferguson between the original one and the new one, such as roof tiles, emergency equipments and management authorities. Twisted Games Through the accident which the Sungnyemun was burned, people learned lots of lessons. First, we realized that we Entertainment should protect our treasures with higher level of security system. Surprisingly, there was only 1 person who protects Psy’s Gentleman Sungnyemun these days. Even though there are about 2 million visitors there, we only have one protector. Actually, Cho Yong-Pil this news was really shocking and surprising. Also, it gave us a lesson that we should protect our properties much more. Second, we realized that we should be attention to our history. Actually, I think the lack of our attention was the Book Recommendation main reason why the accident was occurred. If we had lack of attention in Sungnyemun, we could notice out that The View From Saturday someone was going to burn Sungnyemun. If we had more attention, we could have prevented the accident. Lastly, Hatchet we could learn the importance of our treasure. We realized the importance of our culture and learned how it is hard to My Hometown restore the national treasure. AENP reporter Seo Ji-Woo Survey : Olympic Park Keeping the cultural assets is the best way to keep our history. Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 2nd grader Muju Firefly Festival [email protected] 2 vol.17 June, 2013 Politics Scandal of Presidential Spokesman Yoon Chang Jung From May 9th koreans were has cast a shadow over it. During the trip, Ms.Park met with President Obama shocked by presidential spokesman on Tuesday and spoke before congress the next day. Yoon Chang-Jung. Presidential As a result, her approval ratings plummeted before recovering in recent weeks spokesman is representative of the present government. The very quick as her defiance in confronting North Korea’s nuclear threats proved popular. summary of this scandal is that spokesman Yoon molested a woman whom the Presidential spokesman Yoon is a formal journalist and political columnist, has Korea government had hired as his guide. This scandal happened when the been the most controversial political appointee in President Park geun-hye’s president Park geun-hye was visiting U.S.A. So many media is worrying that government. A an online political commentator, he used to carry out vicious presidential spokesman criticize his president park’s achievement that she attacks against Ms. park’s domestic enemies, once calling them “political achieved in U.S.A . prositutes.” Ms.Park first made him the spokesman for her transition team after Let’s go inside to this scandal. This scandal was notified by a victim who her December election. Despite protests from the opposition, she stood by him claimed that Mr.Yoon grabbed her hips. However Mr.Yoon said Saturday that once again when she made him a presidential spokesman. he had touched the back of the woman’s waist lightly only once as a gesture of Spokesman is a representative of the present government. However he brought encouragement. Also the incident took place as he, the woman and his driver dishonor on Ms.park’s government. And the most grave situation is that were leaving a Washington hotel bar after spending 30 minutes there together. Ms.park’s pledge was eradicating 4 big social wickedness. Which is eradicating And he said he had invited her for drinks because he felt he had chastised the sexual assault, school violence, family violence and unsanitary food. However young woman too harshly for being a problematic guide. Also the next day, he Mr.Yoon molested a young woman. At least Ms.Park’s cabinet should help recalled the victim while wearing only his underwear. The the victim notified to president to honor her election pledges. Also there is a big problem with his the New York police. And that day Mr.Yoon just returned to Korea. However ability of handling the crisis. He just returned early while his president was in we don’ t know who reserved the plane ticket to Korea. Then he have not been U.S.A and fulfilling her schedule. known since he return home. At least public officer should be morally honest and right deeds. And the And the next day, May 9th president park fired her spokesman for molestation. country which is full of honest public officer could govern the country morally. Also president park had apologized earlier after at least half a dozen people So we all hope that no more immoral scandals should be happened by public nominated as ministers and vice ministers in her government were forced to officers any more. AENP reporter Song Kyung-Min withdraw from consideration amid questions over their ethical standards. Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 3rd grader Moreover the South Korean government had been billing Ms. Park’s [email protected] Washington trip as an impeccable success, but the incident involving Mr. Yoon President Park Geun-hye to Visit U.S. President Park Geun-hye had a five- day trip to U.S including the White House Summit. She had a speech in English in America. It was the 6th speech as a Korean president as well as the 11th as a woman. President Park took three generations of Morgan family for example of strong alliance between Korea and America. She also greatly thanked four other congressmen who had participated in the Korean War for their fruitful sweat and pains. The assembly responded it with big claps and applauds. She strongly hoped to turn the DMZ into the World Peace Park to have it as a symbol of world peace over the world. She focused on the fact that America is a good friend of Korea helping it to grow up the 8th largest trading country for the last 60 years. She proposed 3 visions and goals to make it come true with United States. The first thing is building peace on the Korean peninsula and unification- based. She said the North Korea is never able to succeed in its provocation under history. the strong economical bond and secure military alliance between South The more they try hard to make cooperative efforts for environment or Korea and United States. disaster rescue, the more they could give bigger allowance to each other. It She quoted the saying ‘you cannot have your cake and eat it too’ to will lead to both ease of regional tension and mutual profit through her emphasize the fact that it is not the nuclear weapon that guarantees the proposal called ‘Seoul Process’. nation’s security; it is the people’s happiness and welfare that guarantees The third task is building peace and prosperity in global village through nation’s security.