Busan City Launches 'Light of Peace' Campaign Wishing for Peace in Ukraine

The "Peace Light" campaign is being held on Busan Gwangandaegyo Bridge, displaying blue and yellow lights symbolizing the Ukrainian flag.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City has been conducting the ‘Peace Light’ campaign, which projects blue and yellow lights symbolizing the Ukrainian flag, at three of Busan’s landmarks?Gwangandaegyo Bridge, Busan Harbor Bridge, and the Busan Cinema Center?from the 1st to the 3rd of this month to wish for peace in Ukraine.

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of last month, major cities around the world such as New York, London, and Rome have held the ‘Peace Light’ campaign for Ukraine.

Busan, known as the ‘UN City of Peace’ where the world’s only UN Memorial Cemetery for the Korean War is located, and a city that has overcome the pains of war, holds deep significance in its support for peace in Ukraine. The campaign has been displayed at major facilities starting from March 1st, the day commemorating the March 1st Movement, which symbolizes resistance for the peace of the homeland.

On March 1st, blue and yellow lights symbolizing the Ukrainian flag were projected from 8:30 PM for about one hour at Gwangandaegyo Bridge and Busan Harbor Bridge. From March 2nd to 3rd, the lights were displayed at the Busan Cinema Center from 8:30 PM for about one hour (with Gwangandaegyo Bridge lighting for 10 minutes starting at 8:30 PM), conveying a message of peace.

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, stated, “We express deep concern over the challenge to democracy that seeks to resolve world peace and international order by force for national interests, and decided to send a ‘message of light’ embodying the wishes of Busan citizens for anti-war and peace.”

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