Geoje POW Camp
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Geoje-do POW camp is the Korean War
relic located in Geoje
at the southmost of Gyeongsangnam-do
, South Korea
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It is the strife relics that are not many in number throughout the world and they furthered the relic park of POW camp in 66,116m² to play the role of living education site and transmit the tragedy of Korean War to the descendants.
On that year September 15 when Korean War occurred, the UN allied force that General Douglas MacArthur
led forced Incheon
landing operations, and as communist soldiers come to be captured by ROK forces that left in the south of Incheon, to accept these, we negotiated to make a POW camp in Geoje-do, and came to transport war prisoners from November to the next May.
At that time, the war prisoners were being interned in Daejeon, Incheon, Nonsan, Gwangju, Youngcheon, Busan, Masan and Daegu, etc. and UN introduced 6 villages in Gohyun gulf region, and transported the war prisoners from February 1951, and interned maximum 173,000 war prisoners. This is the similar number with the population of Geoje city in 2000.
There are many people asking whether this POW camp relic park is the place where that POW camp was at that time, but mainly Dokbong mountain on the counterpart, the POW camp at the 3.6 million pyong such as Nambu-myun and Dongbu-myun and the whole Shinhyun-eup such as Jangpyong-ri where Samsung shipyard is, Suwol-ri, Yangjeong-ri across the mountain.
The Geoje City came to install a POW camp relics park there and the relics you are to see from the exit remain at the largest scale.
The POW camp relics park inserted 19.7 billion won in total, 6 billion won the 1st, 13.7 billion won the 2nd, and this is the largest relics park of war prisoner in the world that was completed for about 7 years such as the world-largest Diorama hall, 26 model exhibitions, and other accompanying constructions. It expanded and opened secondly at the present size in November 2002 being opened 1st in October 1999.
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
relic located in Geoje
Geoje
Geoje is a city located in South Gyeongsang province, just off the coast of the port city of Busan, South Korea. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo and Samsung Heavy Industries in Gohyeon are both located on Geoje Island. The city also offers a wide range of tourist sights...
at the southmost of Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. Located there is UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that houses the Tripitaka Koreana and attracts many...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
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History
Geoje-do POW camp was built following the break out of the Korean War in 1950.It is the strife relics that are not many in number throughout the world and they furthered the relic park of POW camp in 66,116m² to play the role of living education site and transmit the tragedy of Korean War to the descendants.
On that year September 15 when Korean War occurred, the UN allied force that General Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
led forced Incheon
Incheon
The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...
landing operations, and as communist soldiers come to be captured by ROK forces that left in the south of Incheon, to accept these, we negotiated to make a POW camp in Geoje-do, and came to transport war prisoners from November to the next May.
At that time, the war prisoners were being interned in Daejeon, Incheon, Nonsan, Gwangju, Youngcheon, Busan, Masan and Daegu, etc. and UN introduced 6 villages in Gohyun gulf region, and transported the war prisoners from February 1951, and interned maximum 173,000 war prisoners. This is the similar number with the population of Geoje city in 2000.
There are many people asking whether this POW camp relic park is the place where that POW camp was at that time, but mainly Dokbong mountain on the counterpart, the POW camp at the 3.6 million pyong such as Nambu-myun and Dongbu-myun and the whole Shinhyun-eup such as Jangpyong-ri where Samsung shipyard is, Suwol-ri, Yangjeong-ri across the mountain.
The Geoje City came to install a POW camp relics park there and the relics you are to see from the exit remain at the largest scale.
The POW camp relics park inserted 19.7 billion won in total, 6 billion won the 1st, 13.7 billion won the 2nd, and this is the largest relics park of war prisoner in the world that was completed for about 7 years such as the world-largest Diorama hall, 26 model exhibitions, and other accompanying constructions. It expanded and opened secondly at the present size in November 2002 being opened 1st in October 1999.