I was walking with my friend along Yongsan in Seoul, South Korea and saw the War museum. It looked really grand and we decided to walk through it. Then I saw the statue known as “Statue of Brothers” or in Korean “형제의 상.”
Seeing this statue was so emotional. A story of two brothers one from the South, the other from the North, who ran into each other during the Korean War, the elder brother was Park Kyu Chul and the younger Park Yong Chul. They meet expressing reconciliation and love. The dome they stand on are pieces collected from different locations of Korea symbolizing the sacrifices made and the crack down the middle symbolizes the division made by war and the hopes of unification.
What do you think? Is this the first time you’ve heard or seen this statue?
Wearing a Norigae designed by Marron Pipa
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