Address

1586-24, Tongil-ro, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
경기도 파주시 파주읍 통일로 1586-24

Type

Parks

Inquiries

• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-31-940-4631

Homepage

en.paju.go.kr (Korean, English)

• Information
  Introduction
  This park was built in Bongseo-ri, Paju-eup, in June 1973 to pay tribute to the soldiers who fought in the defense of the South during the Korean War, as well as to pray for unification. It is situated near Munsan station where the UN War Correspondent Center was located during the armistice talks. A monument rests within the park that pays tribute to the 18 Korean and foreign war correspondents who died trying to share their, often tragic, stories of the war. They include Han Gyu-ho of the Seoul Shinmun as well as journalists from the U.S. (10 people), Britain (4 people), France (2 people) and the Philippines (1 person). There is also a tower built to commemorate the loyalty and courage of 10 brave soldiers who sacrificed themselves in a bomb attack after a bloody struggle, a memorial tower dedicated to anticommunist guerilla units from the Gaema Plateau, and a statue of Colonel Lee Yu-jung and Second Lieutenant Kim Man-sul.
  
  Telephone
  +82-31-940-4114
  
  Parking Facilities
  Available
  
  Admission Fees
  Free
  
  Available Facilities
  Unification Security Exhibition Hall, the nothernmost point of the railway, Mangbaedan, memorial monument for war correspondents killed in the Korean War, memorial monument for Captain Lee Yu-jung and Second Lieutenant Kim Man-gul, tower for the ten human bombs (육탄용사충용탑), memorial tower, the Ga Ma Go Won Memorial Tower, snack bar, sports facilities (a tennis court, etc.), Unification Park resting area (+82-31-953-0847)
  
  Restrooms
  Available
  
  Parking Fees
  Free
  
  
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• Transportation
  Directions
  Take the Gyeongui subway line, get off at Munsan station and take a bus that goes to Unification Park (통일공원, no. 12, 909). Buses run frequently.
  
  

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