The Cultural Heritage Administration announced that it will begin the second phase of its preservation treatment on the wall of the Gyeongbok Palace from Thursday that was vandalized with spray paint graffiti last December.
The restoration of the vandalized Gyeongbok Palace walls is estimated to cost $76,300; the Cultural Heritage Administration plans further restorations and increased security measures to prevent future acts of vandalism.
The historic Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul was vandalized with spray paint graffiti in mid-December, and not just once: The next night, yet another fresh batch of graffiti appeared on the walls.
An unidentified person who ordered two teens to vandalize Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul also told them to spray paint the adjacent Statue of King Sejong in Gwanghwamun, according to the police.
A 17-year-old teenager accused of vandalizing historic Gyeongbok Palace said somebody offered to pay him to spray-paint the address of illegal streaming websites on the palace wall.
Vandals spray-painted the words "free movies" along with a website address on the wall of the historic palace on Saturday.
The suspect who most recently vandalized the left wall of Yeongchumun, the western gate of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, turned themselves in on Monday.
Another set of graffiti was found on the already-vandalized walls of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul on Sunday, adding to the 44-meter (144-feet) graffiti that was spray-painted the night before, according to police reports.
A section of the Gyeongbok Palace wall in Seoul was vandalized with graffiti. Authorities are investigating the incident and plan to restore the wall promptly.
An American man in his 30s who drew hundreds of graffiti in the Itaewon neighborhood in Yongsan District, Central Seoul, has been captured, police said on Monday.
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