The Korea Times
In a dimly lit underground hall beneath Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Monday, portraits of veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War flickered to life on vertical screens as a group of reporters gathered to capture the multimedia spectacle. Cascading waterfall imagery projected the names of the veterans across curved walls before dissolving into animated plants that bloomed into fields of flowers. The Seoul Metropolitan Government officially opens the Garden of Gratitude, Tuesday, unveiling a stone monument honoring 22 nations that fought in the Korean War at the downtown square — positioned between the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters — just three weeks ahead of the June 3 local elections. Aboveground, 23 gray granite pillars — representing the 22 ally countries and South Korea — curve upward in a formation designed to evoke honor guards presenting arms. Each structure stands 6.25 meters tall — a height chosen to reference June 25, the date the war began, Kim Chang-kyu, head of the city office’s balanced development bureau, explained during a p
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