Moon to open presidential retreat to the public, as promised
- 5 years ago
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President Moon Jae-in today said the small southern island of Jeo-do ,… once actively used by Korean presidents as a summer home, will soon be open to the public.
Come this September,... regular citizens can visit what until now has been a military-controlled,... presidential retreat.
Shin Se-min tells us more.
Jeo-do Island, for the first time in the 47 years it's been used as presidential retreat,... will soon be open to public, as early as this September.
President Moon Jae-in, visiting the island in Gyeongsangnam-do Province with some 100 people from across the nation,… said he's glad to keep a promise he's made while on campaign trail two years ago.
"I am delighted to be able to keep this promise I made during the presidential campaign that I would return Jeo-do Island to the public. I hope this place will be used as a new tourist attraction and especially as a center of tourism on the coast."
Jeo-do Island is located one-and-a-half kilometers from the mainland. It's around 430-thousand square meters in area... and has a long history.
At the site, President Moon explained that the island is where admiral Yi Sun-shin won the Battle of Okpo, Korea's first victory against the Japanese invasion of 1592.
And more recently,… the island was used as a military base for Japanese troops during colonial rule by Japan in the 1920s.
And in the 1950s, during the Korean War,… it was an ammunition storage area for the Allied forces and was taken over by the South Korean Navy in 1954.
Since then,… the island, under military control, has been frequented in the summer by South Korean presidents including the late former late president Park Jung-hee and his daughter Park Geun-hye, also a former president.
As for opening the island to public,… the government of the city of Geoje and the ministries of interior and defense had agreed to do so for one year starting this September.
For five days a week, except Mondays and Thursdays,… a maximum of 600 tourists can visit the island from 10:30 AM to 5 PM.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
President Moon Jae-in today said the small southern island of Jeo-do ,… once actively used by Korean presidents as a summer home, will soon be open to the public.
Come this September,... regular citizens can visit what until now has been a military-controlled,... presidential retreat.
Shin Se-min tells us more.
Jeo-do Island, for the first time in the 47 years it's been used as presidential retreat,... will soon be open to public, as early as this September.
President Moon Jae-in, visiting the island in Gyeongsangnam-do Province with some 100 people from across the nation,… said he's glad to keep a promise he's made while on campaign trail two years ago.
"I am delighted to be able to keep this promise I made during the presidential campaign that I would return Jeo-do Island to the public. I hope this place will be used as a new tourist attraction and especially as a center of tourism on the coast."
Jeo-do Island is located one-and-a-half kilometers from the mainland. It's around 430-thousand square meters in area... and has a long history.
At the site, President Moon explained that the island is where admiral Yi Sun-shin won the Battle of Okpo, Korea's first victory against the Japanese invasion of 1592.
And more recently,… the island was used as a military base for Japanese troops during colonial rule by Japan in the 1920s.
And in the 1950s, during the Korean War,… it was an ammunition storage area for the Allied forces and was taken over by the South Korean Navy in 1954.
Since then,… the island, under military control, has been frequented in the summer by South Korean presidents including the late former late president Park Jung-hee and his daughter Park Geun-hye, also a former president.
As for opening the island to public,… the government of the city of Geoje and the ministries of interior and defense had agreed to do so for one year starting this September.
For five days a week, except Mondays and Thursdays,… a maximum of 600 tourists can visit the island from 10:30 AM to 5 PM.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.