Jeju 4.3 Peace Park

Jeju 4.3 Peace Park
Location	Bonggae-dong [ko], Jeju City, Jeju Province, South Korea
Coordinates	33°27′05″N 126°37′08″E
Area	35.938 ha (88.80 acres)
Established	March 28, 2008
Website	jejupark43.1941.co.kr

Jeju 4.3 Peace Park (Korean: 제주4·3평화공원) is a memorial park and museum in Bonggae-dong [ko], Jeju City, Jeju Province, South Korea. It commemorates the victims of the 1948–1949 Jeju uprising.^[1]

Description

In June 1999, President Kim Dae-jung pledged to support the construction of a memorial park to the Jeju uprising. After a January 2000 act issued by the Jeju 4.3 Committee, efforts began to construct the park. Designs were finalized in June 2001, and the land purchase was completed in 2002. A groundbreaking ceremony began on April 3, 2003. Infrastructure was completed in November 2005.^[1] The Peace Park opened on March 28, 2008.^[2]

The park consists of a park and a museum to the uprising. Each year on April 3, there is a memorial service held in honor of the dead.^[1]

Gallery

• 
  Memorial Monument
• 
  Names of deceased on tablets
• 
  Memorial statue depicting four adults and a child

References

1. 장, 윤식. "제주 4·3 평화 공원 - 디지털제주문화대전". Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
2. Joon Kim, Hun (20 December 2013), "Truth Commissions in South Korea: Lessons Learned", Middle East Institute

External links

• Yoon Min-sik (29 March 2018), "Jeju remembers", The Korea Herald, retrieved 30 June 2019
• Jeju April 3 Peace Park, Lonely Planet, retrieved 30 June 2019