Seoul Noksapyeong Yongsan Park Platform 1st Anniversary... 120,000 Visitors

Highly Acclaimed Citizen Participation Program 'Yongsan Base Perimeter Trail Walk' to Expand Operations in the Second Half of the Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul City announced on the 5th that the Yongsan Park Citizen Communication Space, ‘Yongsan Park Platform,’ operated at Noksapyeong Station, has marked its first anniversary since opening.

To realize Yongsan Park created together with citizens, Seoul City established the ‘Yongsan Park Platform’ on July 6 last year. Located underground within Noksapyeong Station, the ‘Yongsan Park Platform’ features a ‘Theme Exhibition’ and ‘Cultural Experience’ space on the first basement level, and a ‘Citizen Communication’ space on the fourth basement level where Yongsan Park seminars and citizen participation programs are held.

In the theme exhibition space, visitors could learn about the history of Yongsan Base as a military base bearing traces of Korea’s modern and contemporary history through exhibition explanations, attracting strong interest and attention. The ‘Slide Automata’ and ‘Yongsan Park Live Animation,’ created using exhibition content, are works that help visitors understand the history of Yongsan Base through interactive experiences, drawing the eyes of citizens using Noksapyeong Station.

Over the past year, among the 2.06 million subway users at Noksapyeong Station, about 117,000 visited the Noksapyeong Yongsan Park Platform, with the majority coming to listen to the Yongsan Base exhibition explanations. The age range of visitors was diverse, spanning from teenagers to people in their 60s.

Besides exhibition explanations, the Yongsan Park Platform offers various citizen participation programs. Among them, the ‘Yongsan Base Trail Walk’ is a representative program. The Noksapyeong Yongsan Park Platform serves as a starting point for exploring the rich historical and cultural stories of the Yongsan area, linked with historical and cultural landmarks scattered around Itaewon, Haebangchon, Gyeongridan, and Seobinggo-dong, which surround Yongsan Base.

In March this year, together with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Yongsan Park National Participation Group, the ‘Yongsan Base Trail Walk ? Noksapyeong Walk’ program revealed the main building of the former Marine Corps Command Headquarters on the old Defense Acquisition Program Administration site for the first time in 66 years, attracting attention. As the program’s popularity grew, inquiries for group and institutional visits have continued.

Lee Jeong-hwa, Director of the Urban Planning Bureau, said, “We plan to continue efforts to create the future of Yongsan Park together with citizens by utilizing the Noksapyeong Yongsan Park Citizen Communication Space.” She added, “In particular, we will consult with related organizations to allow citizens to tangibly experience the creation of Yongsan Park, including opening the former Marine Corps Command Headquarters building in the Haebangchon area.”

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