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Torrential rains damage 30 cultural assets
By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL (Yonhap) - Last week's torrential downpours that took 62 lives in the country's central region brought direct or indirect damage to 30 state-designated cultural assets, the government said Thursday.
They include National Treasure No. 1 Heunginjimun, also known as Dongdaemun (Great East Gate), and the former house of late President Syngman Rhee, both located in central Seoul, the Cultural Heritage Administration said.
The house, designated as national historical site No. 497, is currently used as a museum honoring the former president.
The agency that manages the country's cultural assets has dispatched its officials accordingly to the sites damaged in downpours for on-site surveys and emergency repairs, it said.
Maintenance workers completed emergency repairs after a portion of Heunginjimun's second-floor roof ridge chipped off last week during heavy rains, the agency said.
Workers also finished removing mud that slid into Rhee's house from a nearby hill and temporarily relocated items on display there to a storage unit in the National Archives of Korea in a southern suburb of Seoul, the agency said.
SEOUL (Yonhap) - Last week's torrential downpours that took 62 lives in the country's central region brought direct or indirect damage to 30 state-designated cultural assets, the government said Thursday.
They include National Treasure No. 1 Heunginjimun, also known as Dongdaemun (Great East Gate), and the former house of late President Syngman Rhee, both located in central Seoul, the Cultural Heritage Administration said.
The house, designated as national historical site No. 497, is currently used as a museum honoring the former president.
The agency that manages the country's cultural assets has dispatched its officials accordingly to the sites damaged in downpours for on-site surveys and emergency repairs, it said.
Maintenance workers completed emergency repairs after a portion of Heunginjimun's second-floor roof ridge chipped off last week during heavy rains, the agency said.
Workers also finished removing mud that slid into Rhee's house from a nearby hill and temporarily relocated items on display there to a storage unit in the National Archives of Korea in a southern suburb of Seoul, the agency said.
