Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hyochangwon as Korea's first golf course

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Original – In 1921, the Empire of Japan turned a Korean royal cemetery into the first golf course on the peninsula. The fenced-off tombs (center of image) remained in the line of play.
 
Restoration (by Adam Cuerden)
Reason
Paired with a caption I think it's pretty shocking; my jaw dropped when I first learned of it. Succinctly captures why the period of Korea under Japanese rule has continued to cause controversy. For sources for the claims in the caption, please see the Hyochang Park article.
Articles in which this image appears
Hyochang Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
『朝鮮』(朝鮮總督府, 1925), Seoul History Archives

Promoted File:Hyochangwon as Korea's first golf course.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]