This is a memorial park established to glorify the help & sacrifice by UN Forces soldiers who fought in Korean War. Here is UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UN MCK), located at Daeyoen-4-dong, Nam-gu, Busan, South Korea, lies the heroic war dead from various countries, who dedicated their lives for the cause of world peace & freedom.

This memorial cemetery, with 14.7ha of area, was first installed in January 1951, when UN Command had begun to reinter the bodies from 6 local cemeteries in Kaesong, Incheon, Daejeon, Daegu, Miryang, Masan. And then in April 1951, it is enshrined.

In August 8, South Korea government noticed that it decided to donate the cemetery site to UN permanently at no cost, for UN Forces soldiers’ help & sacrifice. Thus, in December 1955, UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to establish a memorial cemetery in Korea.

Also, The National Assembly of South Korea determined to suggest designation of UN MCK as a shrine to the government. To take these two resolutions in action, UN General Assembly made an official agreement between UN & South Korea, and which has been continued to today.

From 1951 to 1954, approximately 11,000 bodies of UN Forces war dead were buried, and part of them returned home (all of Belgians, Colombians, Ethiopians, Greeks, Filipinos & Thais; most of Americans, some of Frenches & Norwegians). Now here lie 2,300 bodies of soldiers: 281 Australians, 378 Canadians, 44 Frenches, 117 Hollanders, 34 New Zealanders, 1 Norwegian, 36 Koreans, 11 South Africans, 462 Turks, 885 British, 36 Americans, 4 unknown soldiers & 4 noncombatants. A tombstone which records of the deceased are engraved on is placed at each graveyard, and also most of trees here are donated by various countries, institutions & individuals.

There are 20 sections in the upper area, where is year-round hoisted flags of South Korea & UN member countries sent forces to Korean War, and also where is bronze monuments the countries’ names are engraved on. So, these sections are called Symbolic Area. Turk brigade set up 2 memorial monuments in the west, Greek one is between them. Commonwealth Memorial, which commemorates 386 died in Korean war and failed to retrieve bodies due to air accidents, was built in the east by the British Government in May 1965. In November 1998, an Australian sculptor donated Australian Memorial in Australian section in the west, and Canadian Memorial Statue, dedicated by Canada Veterans of the Korean War, was installed in Canada section in November 2011.

On the other hand, in the lower area, there stands UN Forces Monument built by the South Korea government. Details on supports from UN countries sent & the number of who perished fallen are engraved on its bronze wall, and a list of UN Forces soldier war dead is Inside the monument in its inside. In 1964 the cemetery constructed Memorial Service Hall, which a Korean architect designed reflecting various countries’ religious faiths, and 2 years later (November 1966), Busan civilians donated Main Gate in oriental style, and other a couple of years later (1968), UN added office & the affiliated buildings. This venue’s original name was “UN Memorial Cemetery,” however, since the administration board discussed in 2011, it’s been called “UN Memorial Park.” The charge of administration, had been taken by UN from March 1960, has moved to the UNCMK administration board since February 1974, which 11 countries buried war dead came from consisted of, and also the board appoints a chief manager.