Abstract
The Korean War (1950.6.25 to 1953.7.27) originated in the transition period of the Cold War of the 20th century. This war lasted about 65 years after the Ceasefire Agreement, and it is the longest surviving war that has not ended. During this time, the memories of war are gradually being forgotten, and unfortunately the traces of the war are gradually being dismantled or extinguished. This study aims to list and classify the traces and memories of Korean War in these times-that is, the Korean War heritages remaining in South Korea-in order to conduct a survey on the people's recognition about them and to explore the values inherent in them. As a result, this study discovered a total of 413 heritages and revealed the fact that the people were aware of DMZ-related heritage, Korean Wartime Capital Busan-related heritage, Operation Chromite-related heritage, and Geoje/Tongyeong Prisoner of War (POW) Camp-related heritage as the representative Korean War Heritage. This study has an academic significance as the baseline data for a comprehensive survey on Korean War heritages in South Korea and North Korea may be used in the era of unification in the future.
Highlights
Korean War (June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953) was a tragedy of a fratricidal war that led to the fixation of the Division at the great turning point in world history in the 20th-century cold war era (1945-1989)
Korean War was the war in which the United Nations (UN) entered for the first and last time since it was organized on October 24, 1945, after the end of World War II
For an accurate and in-depth survey of recognition, this study found the need to conduct the survey by limiting the subjects to the persons who were interested in Korean War heritage and, conduct a survey with the persons who had visited the representative symbolic spaces of Korean War: the Seoul Yongsan War Memorial Of Korea and the Busan UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea
Summary
Korean War (June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953) was a tragedy of a fratricidal war that led to the fixation of the Division at the great turning point in world history in the 20th-century cold war era (1945-1989). In a period of truce which has transpired for 65 years since 1953, the Republic of Korea has transformed itself from an aid recipient to an aid donor through an economic boom called “Miracle on the Han River.” This economic leap was accompanied by great sacrifice. Of the Korean War-related Heritages (Hereafter, “Korean War heritage”), there are places or facilities that have been designated as cultural assets and protected but, overall, as the memories of Korean War are forgotten, its physical traces perish. This is in line with the trend of a rapid decrease in the generations that entered or experienced the war
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