ACLA-APELA

The Logo of ACLA The overall ACLA logo expressed ACLA is an Asia-based platform that providing Asians a democratic roundtable for discussing about Asian Cultural Landscapes. - It is also a   metaphysical  exposition of the aims and objectives of this foundation:   ‘A’ symbolises the beginning and returning (‘A’)   through the   cyclic notion   of   continuity   ‘C’ , and attached   ‘L’ denotes the   locomotive   function of   longevity . Legal Entity (Institution) - Non-Profit Foundation Corporation - Registered to Korean Government Ministry of Foreign Affair Registration. No. 119 82 11132, issued on 24 July 2014. ACLA Direction - ACLA is a non-political, non-governmental and non-profit democratic organization in the service to make  the happy, peaceful and sustainable cultural landscapes of Asia . - ACLA focus on  the cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary study of cultural landscape . - ACLA also mainly highlight the ‘ Cultural Landscapes as Living Cultural-Sustainable Resources in

THE SPIRIT OF ACLA   Since he was a child, Sung-Kyun Kim had paid lots of attention to the natural environment and Korean traditional culture in his homeland, in Korea. Sung was born in the city of Mungyeong-si, three years after the end of the Korean war.   The history which divided the country on the Korean peninsula into two, North Korea and South Korea. Sung's hometown is approximately 200 km from Seoul City by bus, and 153 km by train. Its location is southeast of the capital. Sung-Kyun Kim experienced the period when the Korean population was experiencing food difficulties. His family of eight children also lived a life of worry, only being able to eat pine tree bark which is processed into delicious food by his mother. His father, a teacher and school principal, once said, "Sung, study hard, so you can improve our country, we inherit nature and culture from our ancestors, which are very beautiful and good for building the quality of human life." Sung was a go