Jeju 4.3 Peace Park | |
Location: | , Jeju City, Jeju Province, South Korea |
Coordinates: | 33.4514°N 126.6189°W |
Area: | 35.938ha |
Established: | March 28, 2008 |
Jeju 4.3 Peace Park is a memorial park and museum in, Jeju City, Jeju Province, South Korea. It commemorates the victims of the 1948–1949 Jeju uprising.[1]
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. The Peace Park opened on March 28, 2008.
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.