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The purpose of this study is to examine how the youth politics functioned in the 70th years in Korea. For this purpose, it is investigated specially sculptures in the Children’s Grand Park in Seoul. 15 art sculptures in this park show the will of Park’s family and child policy. And alos, 6 of 12 sculptures of historic persons which are located in this park established in the Era of Park, Jung-hee. It means that we can reading the regime’s will of the youth politics. Making ‘dead’ little boys to heroes, Seng-bok Lee who was killed by guerrillas from North Korea in the year 1968 and a good son, Jae-soo Jung, who was froze to death in 1974, the regime want to make a cult which all youth in Korea should follow. We can define that Chung(忠) and Hyo(孝) were essences of the youth politics in the Park’s era. But we must recognize that these were made purposing Yushin(維新) system to institutionalize in the last years of the regime. Therefore, we can’t tell there were a ‘consitant’ youth politics in the Park’s regime.