Marathon hero 'Seo Yoon Bok-gil' made...Ewha ~ Daeheung Station 1.2km 12 days of unveiling of nameplate
Oct 02, 2024
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The road, which will be made 77 years after Seo's world victory, is a 1.2km section of Sungmun Eondeok-gil from Ewha Womans University Station to Daeheung Station, and will be announced as an honorary road in Mapo-gu, Seoul on September 5, and will be reborn as a graffiti park through mid- to long-term projects.
The Seo Yoon-bok Commemorative Project Promotion Committee (Chairman Oh Chun-jin, Chairman of Soongmun Middle and High School, and CEO Soobin Transportation) announced that they will hold a briefing session on the Seo Yoon-bok Memorial Project at the Hwawun Memorial Hall in Soongmun, right after the unveiling of the Seo Yoon-bok Road masterpiece.
Chairman of the states Affairs Commission Oh Chun-jin said, `Seo Yun-bok's victory was an event that infested the turbulent Korean Peninsula with joy after liberation and before the establishment of the governmentIn addition to the winning article, the original article of the New York Times article containing how he participated in the London Olympics the following year was also discovered and released.
The unveiling ceremony will also deliver a video congratulatory message from marathoner Hwang Young-jo, a gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and actor Lim Si-wan, who played Seo Yoon-bok in the film "1947 Boston," released last year.
At the invitation of Mapo-gu Mayor Park Kang-soo, the event's organizer, National Assemblyman Cho Jung-hoon, Mapo-gu Chairman Baek Nam-hwan, City Councilman So Young-cheol, District Councilman Oh Ok-ja, District Councilman Nam Hae-seo, Chairman Seo Yeon-ho of Dongbang Culture Academy, Oh Chun-jin, Chairman of Sungmun-dong Association, and Seo Yoon-bok's family will be with citizens.
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