Japanese Embassy unveils old signboard broken in 1974

Japanese Embassy unveils old signboard broken in 1974

Photo taken July 28, 2015, at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul shows Japanese characters written on the back of a wooden board, which is half of the embassy's signboard split in two in 1974 as a result of violent protests by people angered by the assassination of Yuk Young Soo, the wife of then South Korean President Park Chung Hee, by a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan using a handgun he stole from a police station in Osaka, western Japan. The handwritten characters say, "Preserve (this board) forever. In 1974, (the embassy's signboard) was damaged by (protesters) storming the embassy after the killing of the wife of the (South Korean) president." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    Japanese Embassy unveils old signboard broken in 1974

    Japanese Embassy unveils old signboard broken in 1974

    The Japanese Embassy in South Korea unveils to the Japanese press in Seoul on July 28, 2015, half of the wooden signboard of the embassy, split in two in 1974 as a result of violent protests by people angered by the assassination of Yuk Young Soo, the wife of then South Korean President Park Chung Hee, by a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan using a handgun he stole from a police station in Osaka, western Japan. The 1.4-meter-long board, bearing parts of Japanese characters meaning "the Japanese Embassy," has been kept at the embassy, now being rebuilt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo