Will Seoul’s plan for 100-meter high national flag pole fly with public?

[The Korea Times Nam Hyun-woo] (전략) An SMG official said it "can make the pole taller in the process of designing," as the SMG intends to hoist the national flag "higher than nearby buildings" to ensure it is visible from afar. 

The SMG cited an August 2022 poll on public sentiment as one of the reasons for the project. Conducted by Hankook Research, the poll showed that 85 percent of 1,000 adults said they had a "positive sentiment" about the national flag, but it did not ask about hoisting a giant national flag at Gwanghwamun Square. 

This is not the first time that a giant national flag project has been proposed in the heart of the capital. In 2015, the conservative Park Geun-hye administration sought to hoist a giant Taegeukgi to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country's independence, but failed to do so, as the SMG, then led by the now late liberal Mayor Park Won-soon, opposed the plan citing negative public sentiment. (후략)

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