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Daejeon National Cemetery

Coordinates: 36°22′17″N 127°17′48″E / 36.37139°N 127.29667°E / 36.37139; 127.29667
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Daejeon National Cemetery
View from inside the cemetery (2006)
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Established1976
Location
Hyeonchungwon-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
36°22′17″N 127°17′48″E / 36.37139°N 127.29667°E / 36.37139; 127.29667
CountrySouth Korea
No. of graves110,000+
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGukrip Daejeon Hyeonchungwon
McCune–ReischauerKukrip Taejŏn Hyŏnch'ungwon


The Daejeon National Cemetery (Korean국립대전현충원) is located in Hyeonchungwon-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. It is South Korea's second national cemetery after the Seoul National Cemetery and is overseen by the Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs (South Korea).[1]

The cemetery is reserved for Korean veterans, including those who died in the Korean independence movement, Korean War, Vietnam War and post–Korean War clashes with North Korea.

History

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As the Seoul National Cemetery was reaching capacity in the early 1970s, on 16 December 1974, then President Park Chung-hee ordered that investigations commence for the establishment of a new national cemetery site. The Daejeon site was selected on 14 April 1976. Construction of the cemetery began on 1 April 1979 and the first burial took place on 27 August 1982. The cemetery was officially inaugurated on 13 November 1985.

The cemetery covers an area of 3,300,150 m2 and facilities include a Memorial Tower and Memorial Gate, Patriotic Spirit Exhibition Center, an outdoor exhibition space, fountains, statues, sculptures, pavilions, and Hyeonchungji, a man-made pond in the shape of the Korean Peninsula.[2]

The cemetery allows access to the public.

Baseline of usage

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  • The President, the President of the National Assembly
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the President of the Constitutional Court
  • The person who died as a patriotic branch and the patriotic line-up in accordance with Article 4 of the Act on the Honorable Treatment of independent Beneficiaries.

Notable burials

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  • Hong Beom-do (1868-1943), a Korean independence fighter who died and was buried in Kazakhstan, with his body repatriated to his homeland 78 years later[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Daejeon National Cemetery (국립대전현충원)". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Daejeon National Cemetery". Daejeon National Cemetery. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Remains of Korean independence fighter Hong Beom-do return from Kazakhstan". The Korea Herald. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ Boram, Kim (21 May 2020). "Late S. Korean pro wrestler Kim Il to be buried in nat'l cemetery". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ * Son, Sae-il (2 January 2007), "孫世一의 비교 傳記 (58)" [Son Sae-il's Comparative Critical Biography (58)], Monthly Chosun (in Korean), archived from the original on 27 February 2023, retrieved 1 May 2023
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