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The UN Memorial Cemetery and the UN Peace Memorial. The Special Peace and Culture Zone for the United Nations and the International Peace Memorial. Peace Park, UN Sculpture Park and the UN Peace Festival.
Take a close look at the names of some of Busan’s treasured sites and two specific themes surface: the United Nations and peace.
Observers and residents around the country are reexamining the meaning of the UN and bolstering efforts to spread peace this year, which marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
And Busan is at the epicenter of this trend. On April 14, 200 soldiers from England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand who fought in the Korean War came to Busan to visit the UN Memorial Cemetery. The soldiers paid their respect to those killed in the war by placing flowers at graves and recalling their memories of the fierce battles that took place. UN Memorial Cemetery-the only one of its kind in the world-contains the graves of 2,300 people from 11 countries who died.
Another special event took place in Busan on the same day. On October 3, 1950, an Australian officer named Kenneth John Humerstone died in the war at the age of 34. On April 14, his wife Nancy Humerstone was buried next to him. Nancy recorded her burial wishes in her will, stating that she wanted to be reunited with her husband at the cemetery. There are now three wives buried with their husbands at the cemetery.
This year, there are plans to construct a memorial for England soldiers within the cemetery, bring relatives of those who died in the war to the UN Memorial Cemetery and a hold a peace camp for around 300 grandchildren-hailing from 21 countries-of the war victims. All of these events are part of efforts to mark the 60th anniversary of the war.
According to an official with the Nam District, “The district, where the UN Memorial Cemetery is located, and further Busan are being recognized by the 21 countries.”