Installation of Signboards at 50 '6.25 War Battle Scar Sites' Across Seoul
[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the June 25 War this year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has selected 50 "June 25 War Battle Scar Sites" and announced on the 31st that it will install guide signs by 2022 at 31 locations that currently lack signage.
Since last year, the city has collaborated with the Capital Defense Command to first investigate military records and verify the sites, then sought advice from the Ministry of National Defense's Military History Compilation Research Institute, and obtained consent from the owners of the facilities or land to install the signs.
Accordingly, on the 31st, the city completed the installation of signs at three locations: 'Hangang Defense Line Noryangjin Battle Site (Sayuksinmyo Park)', 'Hangang Defense Line Heukseok-dong Battle Site (Hyosajeong Park)', and 'Colonel Ham Jun-ho Battle Site (Yeon-gyeong Villa, Ui-dong, Gangbuk-gu)'. Following this, in November, signs will be installed at five locations including the 'Patriotic Figure Detention Site (former Seongnam Hotel, now Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation)', 18 locations including the 'Seoul City Hall Battle Site' next year, and five locations including the 'Dongjak-dong Korean War Fallen Soldiers Remains Excavation Site' in 2022.
The city also plans to develop security tourism programs linked to the battle scar sites through expert consultations with the Ministry of National Defense's Military History Compilation Research Institute and the Seoul Tourism Foundation. A permanent exploration program centered around the 'Seoul Liberation Memorial Hall (tentative name)', currently being constructed in Dongjak-dong, Dongjak-gu with a target completion date of September 2024, will also be operated.
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Gal Jun-seon, Seoul's Emergency Planning Officer, said, "We consider it very meaningful to now excavate and preserve the June 25 War battle scar sites in Seoul, which have been fading from memory and disappearing due to urban development," adding, "We will do our best to promote this as a place for security education that shares the pain of history."
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