[%%IMAGE1%%] The dawn brightens around the more than four-hundred-year-old ginko tree, Jan. 3.The ginko tree once stood at the office of the Residency-General from Japan when Japan forcefully annexed Korea in 1910. This year is the 100-year anniversary of annexation. The office of the Residency-General from Japan was demolished after a coup d’etat in 1961 and was replaced with a KCIA office.The ginko tree appears to wish to remain around as a witness to a resolution in South Korea-Japan relations. Photo by Kim Myung-jin/The Hankyoreh

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