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The 20.7 Billion Won Gwanghwamun "Garden of Remembrance" in Detail

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·2 months ago

원본 (Korean)

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Newsis

Seoul in my hands

Seoul in my hands

Seoul in my hand

Seoul in my hands

Germany GERMANY

Ministry of Foreign Affairs WOM

 

There's more than just these structures

 

I saw comments saying just these stones alone cost 20.7 billion won

 

 

 

There's underground space like this

 


And inside there's a war-related exhibition space like this

I think the whole thing together comes to 20.7 billion won

Other posts just showed the rocks and claimed it cost 20.7 billion, which is real talk misleading..

 

 

Personally, I think it's fine to have it in Gwanghwamun

Gwanghwamun is where foreigners go the most

Do war-related facilities have to be in war parks? Not sure

 

Admiral Yi and King Sejong were there, so it fits now

Once you're used to it, it won't look out of place anymore

 



 

Plus, compared to how much people talk about it, it doesn't take up that much space
https://www.fmkorea.com/best/9823183411 from FM Korea


 

 

 

 

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The Gwanghwamun "Garden of Remembrance" that spent 20.7 billion won

and got flamed for being a waste of taxpayer money and an eyesore

 



Foreign visitors from countries that participated in the Korean War

stop in front of their country's sculpture to check it out

scan QR codes to learn Korean War history

 

 

At night they sit and rest while enjoying their walk around Gwanghwamun Plaza

People even take photos of the light gathering into the sky

 



 

If there's any negative reaction... maybe one particular nation's tourists feel uncomfortable..?

But most foreigners seem to find it interesting

 

Foreigners visiting Korea are usually pretty interested in the Korean War

Tons of people do DMZ day tours
https://www.fmkorea.com/best/9834715619 from FM Korea 

 

 

13 comments

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Damn when did this go up lol it looks sick

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Honoring foreign war veterans in a space that gets tons of foreign visitors is a good thing right? If you wanna complain about wasting money, complain about stuff like that Jamboree disaster. Check the budget breakdown before calling things wasteful—there's way worse spending out there

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Compared to 28 billion, 16 billion, 37 billion for other projects... this actually seems like they did it on a budget lmao

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Real talk

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I'm obsessed with how Korea just commits to things being perfect, even if it's 'just' a garden

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After seeing the Sewol ferry costing 28 billion, this 20.7 billion looks like a steal

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It actually looks cool tho, why's everyone calling it an eyesore? Only downside is it coulda had a more Korean design to match Gwanghwamun better

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It's pretty, didn't know there was underground space

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20.7 BILLION WON?? that's like... *checks conversion* ...okay that's actually insane for a garden lol

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Good job

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Compared to the Jamboree fiasco, this was actually done cheap and well

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As someone who lives in Seoul, I walked past this and honestly had no idea it cost that much 💀 just looks like a really nice park

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The detail work is beautiful but I can't help thinking about how many schools or hospitals that money could've funded instead

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POV: you have unlimited government budget and decide to make the most extra garden in existence

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okay but it actually looks stunning though?? the photography really does it justice, not gonna lie

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reminder that this is still cheaper than some metro projects in other countries lmaooo

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