Tag: Busan

If you haven’t been to the UN Cemetery in Busan it is definitely worth checking out as it is the only cemetery with UN servicemembers buried together:

Hundreds of Korean War veterans around the world offered a moment of silence on Wednesday, turning to face the direction of Busan where the fallen U.N. soldiers killed during the war are buried.

In the South Korean port city, 40 veterans from 11 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Turkey attended the ceremony that began at 11 a.m. in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery (UNMCK).

The Turn Toward Busan ceremony, arranged by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, was simultaneously observed in Canada, New Zealand and the Philippines. The ceremony was held in some 40 cities of the 21 nations that fought together to safeguard freedom decades ago.

The cemetery is the only place in the world where fallen U.N. servicemen are buried. According to the ministry, 40,670 servicemen of the 21 U.N. allied nations were killed during the conflict, with 104,280 wounded and 4,116 missing. A total of 23,000 U.N. servicemen were laid to rest at UNMCK. [Korea Times]

You can read the rest at the link.

A police officer stands outside the entrance of an indoor shooting range in the southern port city of Busan on Oct. 3, 2015, after a man stabbed the owner and fled with a .45-caliber handgun and around 30 to 40 bullets. (Yonhap)

The Quantum of the Seas, Asia’s largest cruise ship, arrives in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan on Aug. 29, 2015. [Yonhap]

Busan City Launches New Music Video “Really Like Busan” http://t.co/9QLYXAtfBx

— Haps Magazine (@hapsmagazine) August 11, 2015

Visitors have fun at Haeundae Beach in Busan on Sunday.[Chosun Ilbo]

The popular tourist district of Haeundae in Busan proposes on Jan. 25, 2015 that it will install umbrellas overarching the streets near its namesake beach this coming summer. The picture shows the end-product envisioned by the district officials. (Photo courtesy of Haeundae District)

A group of child cheerleaders in the traditional Korean costume “hanbok” performs at a basketball game in Busan on Jan. 1, 2015. (Yonhap)

I guess a billionaire has to find ways to spend his money:

The Sultan of Brunei rented out half of a luxury hotel in Busan for the two days of the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit, according to an industry source.

The source said Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, accompanied by 12 princes and princesses, booked 119 rooms. The sultan stayed in a presidential suite measuring 654 square meters, with a spectacular ocean view, which costs 10 million won per day. [Korea Times]

You can read more at the link, but the Sultan is worth $40 billion from his kingdom’s oil and gas riches.

Haeundae beach as seen from above. http://t.co/dMa9luKl34 via @WSJ pic.twitter.com/QuUmc8GvnV

— Groove Korea (@groovekorea) September 26, 2014

Another US Army camp in South Korea is ready to close it’s gates for the last time:

The U.S. military plans a retreat ceremony later this week at Camp Hialeah to mark the close of the post, which has been part of the American military presence on the peninsula for more than five decades.  The ceremony is set for 4 p.m. Thursday.

Located in Busan¿s Nam-gu district, the 133-acre installation served as the main receiving point for supplies, equipment and other goods slated for delivery to U.S. military installations in South Korea.

It was also at the core of the U.S. militarys operations in Busan and provided administrative, medical and other services for U.S. personnel at the Pusan Storage Facility, Pier 8, the Defense Reutilization and Management Office, and Gimhae Air Base, a South Korean air force installation.

The post¿s closing comes as part of an agreement between the U.S. and South Korea called the Amended Land Partnership Plan.

Camp Hialeah is one of the oldest US camps on the Korean peninsula and has in fact been operating since 1950 with the break out of the Korean War.  Camp Hialeah served as the main logistical point during the war to bring supplies into Korea and pushed to the front line troops on the Pusan Perimeter.  Since the Korean War it has remained the first logistical point for supplies coming into Korea for USFK units.

What will be interesting to see is if and when USFK will formerly hand over the facility to the Korean government due to the fraudulent environmental issue between the Korean government and USFK.