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President Moon Jae-in (center) is walking the trail on the north side of Mount Bukak behind the Blue House, which first opened on the 31st of last month. On that day, mountaineer Eom Hong-gil (right), the head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, Jeong Jae-sook (left), and the residents of Buam-dong joined the mountain. [이충우 기자]President Moon Jae-in followed a trail on the north side of Mount Bukak, which is about to open after 52 years. Public access to Bukaksan Dulle-gil was restricted after the January 21 incident (Kim Shin-jo incident) in 1968, and it will be opened sequentially until 2022 in accordance with President Moon’s presidential election promise.
On the 31st of last month, at 10 a.m. on the 31st of last month, at 10 a.m., the president of the mountaineer Eom Hong-gil, actor Lee Si-young, the residents of Buam-dong and the government officials who participated At the opening of Bukaksan Mountain, they took the trail on the north side of Bukaksan Fortress. The walk lasted approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The January 21 crisis was a case in which North Korea sent 31 agents to assassinate President Park Chung-hee at the time and was repressed. This incident led to the creation of a resident registration number, the introduction of reserve forces and march training, and access to the Bukaksan Dulle-gil road was restricted to strengthen the presidential guard.
President Moon met with Captain Eom and members of the Korean Mountain Federation during the presidential elections and promised to “open Bukak and Inwangsan to the public and return it to the citizens.” In 2017, the road in front of the Blue House was opened for 24 hours, Inwangsan-gil was fully opened in 2018, and on day 1 the northern circumference of Mount Bukak was opened for the third time.
President Moon arrived at the first entrance (Buam-dong Rabbit Cave) on the north side of Bukaksan Fortress, received a report on the status of Bukaksan management from the army capital defense commander Do-gyun Kim, and received the keys from the officers to open the iron gate of Bukaksan Mountain. After arriving at the third entrance of Bukaksan (Cheongwoondae Information Center), the head of Cultural Heritage Administration and the head of Jongno-gu received a report on the preparation process and management plan after the opening.
President Moon, who is famous as a mountain climbing enthusiast, directly explained what the opening of the dulle-gil on the north side of Mount Bukak means to hikers. President Moon said, “The Korea-North veins connecting Ansan, Bukak and Bukhansan have been blocked. With this opening, anyone can connect (climb) from Ansan to Inwangsan, Bukaksan and the Brotherhood of Bukhansan all the time.”
Jung Jae-sook, head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, who participated in the climb, said: “I have tried to list Hanyang City as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for 10 years. It will also help to contribute,” he added.
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