Abstract
This chapter assesses how the Korean War has been remembered in Korea and internationally through official memorials, museums, popular culture, and commemorative projects. The chapter focuses on the sharp divergence between collective memories in South Korea and among other countries who took part in the war; apart from the United States, the allies which fought on behalf of South Korea and under the auspices of the UN have been omitted from South Korean public memory. The chapter also considers the case of Zainichi Koreans, people of Korean descent living in Japan, who participated in the Korean War but were subsequently rejected by both South Korea and Japan, and officially forgotten until the beginning of 21st century. The conclusion notes that while closing this memory ‘gap’ present dilemmas, diverging memories among the parties to the Korean War and within the Korean diaspora are stumbling blocks to contemporary peace efforts.
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