Symbolism of the World Peace Gate

World Peace Gate is one of the architecture that represented the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. The gate became more meaningful when HWPL Peace walk was held in 2013. The peace gate obviously embeds the meaning and the hope for peace. However, it is somewhat surprising at the same time. The beginning of the Republic of Korea started with a war that took away the lives of many Korean citizens by their own kin. And still in the 80s, Republic of Korea was recovering from the war and in the process of modernization. Despite these circumstances, choosing peace as a symbol in the Olympics was wonderful and at the same time, it displayed the true essence of Olympics. The theme song of the 1988 Summer Olympics, "Hand in Hand" is regarded as the best Olympics theme song of all times, because it focused on the aspect of coming together and competing with a good heart. In the time, when Korea could have wished for its own prosperity, it hoped for world peace after learning from the disastrous war. I think this is why the involvement and the participation of the Korean people is huge, because they are one step away from achieving world peace with HWPL and Chairman Lee. And with the peace walk held in South Korea, with everyone rejoining the Korean citizens with hand in hand annually since 2013, is an affirmation that world of peace has started to arose. I look forward to the peace walk this year in May, in front of the World Peace Gate. In a peninsula, where two divided countries exist, this World Peace Gate became a symbol in the world that serves as a gate towards peace.