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![The newly restored woldae, a wide platform that leads up to the Gwanghwamun of Gyeongbok Palace, gets ready to be unveiled to the public on Sunday, together with its new signboard. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12362761.jpg?imageId=12362761&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Workers take down the old signboard from the main entrance to Gyeongbok Palace on Thursday. Along with the new signboard, the newly restored “moon terrace” will be unveiled on Sunday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10949125.jpg?imageId=10949125&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The two stone statues of an auspicious animal known as seosu that used to decorate the woldae, a wide platform, in front of the Gwanghwamun Gate of the Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), have been donated by the family of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on Monday. [CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12470820.jpg?imageId=12470820&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![People participating in the public tour look at the traces of Yukjogeori of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) that have been excavated during the Gwanghwamun Square reconstruction project on May 21. [NEWSIS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11653175.jpg?imageId=11653175&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)