Seoul archdiocese held a groundbreaking ceremony today to begin a redevelopment of the front of Myeongdong Cathedral. Some 200 people including Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk of Seoul and Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, vicar general of Seoul, participated in the ceremony. Cardinal Cheong said in his congratulatory address, “The Myeongdong Cathedral was built 130 years ago. We should preserve it and need to redevelop it for safety.” “After completion the Cathedral will be able to provide an open place and break area to all people,” he added.