Gyeongbokgung Palace's graffiti isn't just on the walls... 'It's even worse inside' - South Korea

While the incident where graffiti was spray-painted on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace caused shockwaves, a government official said that ``the level of graffiti inside Gyeongbokgung Palace is even more serious'' and that there is an urgent need to educate citizens about their awareness.
Criticism has been raised. Seo Kyung-deok, a professor at Sungshin Women's University, posted on Facebook on the 22nd, ``This graffiti attack at Gyeongbokgung Palace is causing a huge controversy.
Although this is true, Gyeongbokgung Palace and various other palaces have already been covered in graffiti for some time." Seo Gyo visited Gyeongbokgung Palace with his team members and inspected the interior despite the strong cold wave the day before.
``There was still a lot of graffiti,'' he said, ``Most of it was in Hangul, but there was also graffiti in various languages such as English and Chinese.''
He also said, ``It's very unfortunate that something like this was done to a cultural heritage that represents the Republic of Korea,'' and called for improved citizen awareness.
Professor Seo said, ``Realistically, the most efficient plan would be to increase the number of CCTVs (security cameras) inside and outside Gyeongbokgung Palace, but in the long term, related education should be strengthened from an early age.'' "we
"If we create an environment where people can have a correct understanding of, pride in, and pride in their cultural assets, graffiti attacks like this will be significantly reduced."
Meanwhile, Seoul Jongno Police Station arrested Lim (17) this month on charges of violating the Cultural Properties Protection Act and damaging public property.
He applied for a arrest warrant on the 20th. Around 1:42 a.m. on the 16th, suspect Lim spray-painted the Yeongchumun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace and other areas with the phrase ``Free Movies'' and the address of an illegal video sharing site.
He is accused of repeatedly writing. Kim (16), who was arrested with Lim, planned the crime and accompanied Lim, but it is understood that he did not directly do the graffiti.
He was released. On the same day, police also applied for a preliminary arrest warrant for Seol (28), who made graffiti imitating Im's crime. Suspect Sol was arrested the day after Im committed the crime.
Around 10:20 p.m. on the 17th, he was accused of spray-painting the name of a particular singer and the title of an album on the wall to the left of Yeongjumun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace (a violation of the Cultural Properties Protection Act).
Sol, who turned himself in to the police the day after the crime, returned home after being investigated for about six hours, and said that his motive for the crime was, ``I thought it was amazing to do graffiti on cultural property.''
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