The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Campus of Konkuk University 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate The World Language Stones on the campus of Konkuk University symbolize the languages of the world. Germany has maintained a segment of the Berlin Wall – a sign of the overcoming of separation, as hope for the still separated North and South Korea. This piece of the Berlin […]
Location: Jeju April 3rd Peace Park 2 segments from Potsdamer Platz Jeju is a Southern barrier island of South Korea, on the edge to Japanese territory. As a result of the ideological struggles between the political left and right wings after the independence of Korea from the Japanese colonial reign, the population suffered from excessive massacres. In memory […]
Location: in front of TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd. building 1 segment from Waldemarstraße Due to the close economic relations between Germany and Japan, TÜV Rheinland Japan was founded in 1978. In 2005, the year of the opening of the state-of-the-art Global Technology Assessment Center in Yokohama, a Wall segment was placed on the freely accessible area […]
Location: Museum of Ueno 2 segments The close relationship between Germany and Miyako-jima, the main island of Miyako Islands, dates back to a shipwreck in the late 19th century. Back then, a tea-laden German schooner smashed on the coral reefs of the coast of the Japanese outpost on the border to Taiwan. Eight sailors were rescued […]
Location: on the site of Nihon Bisoh 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate Modern office buildings would quickly fade without costly cleaning and maintenance work on the facade. The Japanese company Nihon Bisoh specializes exactly that work and the development and provision of appropriate facades lifts. Exterior walls are the field of activity of the company. For this reason, […]