Fun facts about Korea’s National Assembly

국회에 대해 몰랐던 사실들 Now, as we see the opening of a fresh National Assembly... why don’t we zoom in on some interesting facts about the Korean parliament? For instance, did you know that there are wine bottles buried under the assembly building in Seoul? There’s much more... our Shin Semin reports. The 20th National Assembly started its term this Monday with 132 new lawmakers, or 44 percent of the 300 lawmakers who will serve their four-year terms. For their service, they roughly make 115-thousand U.S. dollars per year, or over 96-hundred dollars every month. The place where they work, the National Assembly, located in Yeouido, was built in 1975… and it’s the largest parliamentary building in Asia. It takes up one-eighth of Yeouido, the island that serves as Seoul’s financial district. The main entrance to the parliament is guarded by two haetae,... or mythical unicorn-lions that are ancien