‘Taegeukgi hoisted at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York’ before (above) and after conservation treatment. Provided by the National Heritage Administration The Taegeukgi, which was at the historical site of the independence movement, has lost traces of time and regained its original appearance. The Cultural Heritage Preservation Science Center of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage announced on the 9th that it has completed the preservation process for the ‘Taegeukgi hoisted at the New York Waldorf Astoria Hotel,’ a nationally registered cultural heritage. This Taegeukgi was raised in 1942 by former President Syngman Rhee (187...