On the afternoon of the 9th, Seo Eui-taek (right), co-chairman of the Korea-Japan Tunnel Research Association, and the Kyushu Liaison Council for the Realization of the Japan-Korea Tunnel, signed a sisterhood agreement in Fukuoka, Japan.
The construction of an undersea tunnel between Korea and Japan, which has been under discussion for over 10 years, has been discussed by research groups from both countries, who gathered in Fukuoka, Japan, to reaffirm their commitment to moving forward with the project.
A sisterhood ceremony was held in Fukuoka on the afternoon of the 9th between the Korea-Japan Tunnel Study Group on the Korean side and the Kyushu Liaison Council for the Realization of the Japan-Korea Tunnel on the Japanese side. Seo Eui-taek, chairman of Dongmyeong Cultural School and co-chair of the Korea-Japan Tunnel Study Group, along with Busan National University President Jeong Ho-hwan and Busan University of Education President Oh Se-bok, were among those visiting Fukuoka. That day, Busan National University President Jeong Ho-hwan gave a lecture titled "The Future of East Asia: The Korea-Japan Tunnel."
The Korea-Japan Tunnel Study Group was established in 2008, and the Kyushu Liaison Council for the Realization of the Korea-Japan Tunnel was established in 2016, both of which have advocated for the legitimacy of building an undersea tunnel both domestically and internationally. The sisterhood relationship between the two organizations was proposed by the Korean side to the Japanese side. A research group official explained, "The intention is to promote active exchange between Korea and Japan with the goal of building a Korea-Japan Tunnel."
At the sisterhood relationship ceremony, a proposal was made to change the name of the tunnel from Korea-Japan Tunnel and Japan-Korea Tunnel to something like the "Asia Undersea Tunnel," similar to the "Eurotunnel" undersea tunnel connecting the UK and France.
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This is a Japanese translation of the original Korean article from the Busan Ilbo on March 10, 2019.
The ceremony to establish a sisterhood relationship between the Korea-Japan undersea tunnel research groups
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