Olympic Park, Korea Forest Service Certification 'Exemplary Urban Forest' → First City Park in Seoul
Nov 08, 2024
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The Seoul Olympic Memorial National Sports Promotion Foundation (Chairman Cho Hyun-jae, hereinafter referred to as the Sports Foundation) announced on the 8th that Olympic Park was selected as the first park in Seoul as the "2024 Model City Forest".
The Korea Forest Service selects exemplary urban forests 'exemplary urban forests' for exemplary urban forests. The Korea Forest Service specializes in evaluating six items, including scale, safety, and maintenance and experience programs.
The Olympic Park selected this time was built on a scale of 1.51 million square meters to host the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Various cultural and sports facilities such as green areas around Mongchontoseong Fortress, KSPO DOME, Olympic Hall, and Soma Art Museum have been established.
In addition, it is considered a shelter in the city center by park visitors through 370,000 various trees and sculptures by world-famous artists.
Chairman Cho Hyun-jae is very pleased that Olympic Park has been recognized as a center of history, culture and sports. In the future, I will continue to try to become a resting place in the city center worthy of the name of the model city forest. "
dhhan@sportschosun.com
