Jeju 4.3 Peace Park

Jeju 4.3 Peace Park
Location	Jeju, South Korea
Coordinates	33°27′05″N 126°37′08″E
Area	359,380 square meters (88.8 acres)
Established	March 28, 2008
Website	jejupark43.1941.co.kr

Jeju 4.3 Peace Park (Korean: 제주4·3평화공원) is a memorial park and museum located on Jeju Island in South Korea to commemorate the losses suffered during the Jeju uprising and its aftermath between 1948–1954.

The Peace Park opened on March 28, 2008, as part of reparations for victims based on the findings from the Jeju 4.3 Committee which was commissioned in 2000.

The Jeju uprising was a series of incidents where 25,000 to 30,000 Jeju residents were killed as a result of clashes between armed civilians and military forces.

Memorial Hall

The Memorial Hall is a multi-story facility that has exhibits that explains the Jeju uprising. Most of the displays are in both Korean and English.

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  Memorial Hall with exhibits covering Jeju uprising
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  Unnamed Monument to remember those that are missing
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  Scorched Earth Strategy
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  Scorched Earth Strategy
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  Scorched Earth Strategy

Memorial Park

The park ground covers 359,380 square meters (88.8 acres) and includes a memorial monument. The monument is a circular area that has names of deceased listed on tablets that are erected around the circumference. There is also a memorial statue that depicts four adults and a child.

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

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