President Wen’s Hike to Bukaksan Mountain in 52 Years … Fulfilling the Open Promise

President Moon Jae-in walked Dulle-gil with mountaineer Eom Hong-gil, actor Lee Si-young, and residents of Buam-dong on the 31st, a day before the opening of the north side of Mount Bukak.

The road to Bukaksan, where public access was restricted after the 1968 armed public defense infiltration incident (Incident 1/21), will be partially opened from the 1st of next month. The section on the north side of Mount Bukak, behind the Blue House, opens up and returns to the arms of the citizens after 52 years.

This walk was done one day before the opening, as a final inspection.

President Moon arrived near the first entrance (Buam-dong Rabbit Cave) on the north side of the Bukaksan fortress and received a report on Bukaksan’s management from the Capital Defense Commander Kim Do-gyun. After that, he received the key from the officer and directly opened the iron gate of Bukaksan Mountain. The full opening of Mount Bukak was one of the promises of President Moon Jae-in’s presidential election. In January 2017, President Moon promised: “I will move the presidential office building to Gwanghwamun and return the Blue House and Bukaksan to the public.” “The Blue House will make it a symbolic resting place for the citizens of Seoul, the capital.” Also in 2017 On April 15, when he met a mountaineer with Captain Eom Hong-gil and others, he promised: “When I am president, I will try to open the current Cheongwadae Bukaksan.”

The Blue House explained that this calendar is more significant in terms of the implementation of the presidential commitment. The Blue House explained: “It has the symbolic meaning of opening Bukaksan Mountain, which has been hermetically sealed for the past 52 years, and returning it to the citizens.”

President Moon arrived at the third entrance of Bukaksan (Cheongwoondae Information Center) and received an explanation from the head of the Cultural Heritage Administration and the head of Jongno-gu about the preparation process and the management plan after the opening . Afterwards, they went to the Cheongwoondae Information Center to receive the entrance ticket and went to the Cheongwoondae shelter.

Upon arriving at the Cheongwoondae refuge overlooking the south side of Mount Bukak and Seoul, we shared the plan to open the south side of Bukaksan Fortress in 2022 with attendees, including the head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, the Commander of Metropolitan Defense. , the head of Jongno-gu and the head of the Seoul Green City Office.

While moving from the Cheongundae shelter to the Gokjang Observatory, the head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, Jeong Jae-sook, emphasized the value of the city’s cultural properties, saying that the wall structures were installed in different ways depending on the period. building of the city.

After passing through the Gokjang observation deck and climbing Mount Bukak at the fourth entrance, President Moon moved to the Baeksasil Valley and Baekseokdongcheon to meet with residents who went on a weekend hike.

This opening is the third opening of the Blue House neighborhood after the Moon Jae-in administration opened, following the 24-hour opening of Blue House Road in 2017 and the full opening of Inwang Mountain Road in 2018. Presidential Security is scheduled to open the south side of Mount Bukak in the first half of 2022 through a sequential opening.