The arson suspect nailed

The president-elect suggests getting donations from the public for restoring the burnt-down national treasure. “I have thought that it would be more meaningful to restore it with donations from people rather than the government budget because it might give more comfort to people,” he said, visiting the office of transition team.

The suspect of the arson attack is found to be discontented with what he thought the lack of compensation for land he used to live in Ilsan which was demolished and reconstructed. In April, 2006, he set Munjungjeon of Changkyunggung ablaze and was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months with the stay of execution for two years. He is reported to have considered terror attacks on public transportations but gave up because of possible, huge casualties.

Meanwhile, Yoo Hong-jun, the head of Cultural Heritage Administration, offered to resign today over the fire on the historic relic.