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Court Dismisses Request to Remove Statue of Ex-President Park Chung-Hee in Daegu

Summary by The Korea Times
A regional court on Thursday dismissed a request to remove a statue of late former President Park Chung-hee installed outside a train station in the southeastern city of Daegu. The Daegu District Court dismissed the case filed by the Korea National Railway, a state-owned rail infrastructure management company, against the Daegu metropolitan government, some 21 months after the statue was erected on the plaza outside Dongdaegu Station. The railwa…

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The court ruled in favor of Daegu City in a lawsuit filed by the Korea National Railroad Corporation against the city demanding the removal of the statue of former President Park Chung-hee installed in Dongdaegu Station Plaza. On the 1st, the 11th Civil Division of the Daegu District Court (Presiding Judge Kwon Jun-beom) issued a ruling against the plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the Korea National Railroad Corporation against Daegu City seeki…

(Daegu=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-hyeong = The court did not accept the Korea National Railroad Corporation's request to remove the statue of former President Park Chung-hee installed in Dongdaegu Station Plaza.

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Breaking News: Court Rules No Need to Remove Park Chung-hee Statue at Dongdaegu Station

Former Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo stated, "I breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the judiciary is still alive," following a first-instance court ruling that the statue of former President Park Chung-hee, installed in Dongdaegu Station Plaza during his tenure, does not need to be removed. On the 1st, the 11th Civil Division of the Daegu District Court dismissed all claims made by the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the Korea National Railroad…

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조선일보 broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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