SEOUL • South Korean President Moon Jae In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals looted during the Korean War, reports said yesterday..
SEOUL • South Korean President Moon Jae In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals looted during the Korean War, reports said yesterday.
The repatriation of the Chosun dynasty antiques, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, comes after years of campaigning by the Seoul government, which said they were stolen during the 1950-53 war.
Mr Moon received the seals in a ceremony during his US visit last Friday. He is due to arrive home in South Korea today, Yonhap news agency said.
The Chosun dynasty, which cultivated a ruling philosophy drawn from Confucianism, governed from 1392 to 1910, when Japan colonised the country.
