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Korean women and children search the rubble of Seoul for anything that can be used or burned as fuel. November 1, 1950. Capt. F. L. Scheiber. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-351697 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1503
Via IMCOM-Korea.
By the way anyone know what building that is in the background?
4:34 pm on July 16th, 2009 1
I don’t know what the function of the building was, but I know it was built by the Japanese right in front of Gyeongbokgung. After the war the Koreans rebuilt Gwanghwamun in front of the building you can see in the picture. Later the building was demolished.
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4:53 pm on July 16th, 2009 2
That building was the seat of the Colonial Government in Korea. It is where Macarthur and Syghman Rhee met after the ‘liberation’ of Seoul.
After the war it continued to serve as the seat of govt. for Korea until the National Assembly was completed.
Then, it became the National Museum until being torn down in 1996. I was here when that happened and was a rather big deal.
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8:35 pm on July 16th, 2009 3
The name of the building is ??? (Central Government Building). The history of the building is as described above by Mel and FOFLAPPY.
Also, to signify the Japanese rule over Korea, the Japanese built the building in the shape of the Chinese Character “?”, when viewed from the sky. The character means “day” literally, but it is also the first Chinese character for Japan (??).
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