April 3 Jeju Peace Park, Memorial park and museum in Bonggae-dong, Jeju City, South Korea.
April 3 Jeju Peace Park is a large memorial complex and museum in Jeju City that spans multiple sections across open grounds and dedicated buildings. The site combines outdoor memorial spaces with indoor facilities for education and remembrance.
In June 1999 President Kim Dae-jung pledged support for a memorial park to the Jeju uprising of 1948–1949. A January 2000 act by the Jeju 4.3 Committee set construction in motion; designs were finalized in June 2001 and land purchase completed in 2002. Ground was broken on April 3, 2003, infrastructure finished in November 2005, and the park opened on March 28, 2008.
The park opened on March 28, 2008, and a memorial service is held there every April 3 in honour of the dead of the 1948–1949 Jeju uprising. Its Korean name is written 제주4·3평화공원, with the date 4·3 marking the start of the events on April 3, 1948.
The park is in Bonggae-dong, Jeju City, and combines outdoor grounds with a museum building. Construction of the infrastructure finished in November 2005, and the park opened on March 28, 2008. A memorial service is held there each year on April 3, so expect crowds and ceremony traffic around that date.
The park opened on March 28, 2008, after President Kim Dae-jung pledged support in June 1999 and a groundbreaking was held on April 3, 2003. Its grounds and museum stand in Bonggae-dong, Jeju City, and a memorial service is held there every April 3.
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