Jeju April 3rd Historic Sites

Bakseongnae

On December 21, 1948, over 100 residents of Jocheon-eup (town) were massacred here at Bakseongnae village in what is known as the “Surrender Incident.” This tragic event involved the mass shooting ...

Buk Elementary School

On March 1, 1947, the 28th anniversary celebration of the March 1st Independence Movement took place at the schoolyard of Jeju Buk Elementary School. It was estimated that approximately 25,000 to 3...

Donghoecheon April 3rd Victims Memorial Monument

Former Distillery Site

Oriental Development Company Jeju Distillery was established in 1934 by Japan and it was an important industrial facility before and after the liberation. The warehouse of the distillery was used a...

Gonul-dong

There were around 70 households in Gonul-dong. On 4 January 1949, soldiers burnt the village to the ground and it was never restored. Soldiers invaded the village without warning, burnt all houses ...

Gorengisul-Gwe

Until November 1948, when the village was burned down, the people of Bonggae-ri routinely hid in this cave whenever soldiers or police entered the village.

Gwanduckjeong Pavillion

Gwandeokjeong Pavilion was built by Pastor Sin Suk-Cheong in the thirtieth year of King Sejong's reign (1448) as a training ground. On 1 March 1947, people joined the ceremony to commemorate t...

Gwaneumsa Temple

Gwaneumsa Temple was established in 1909 and it was close to Eoseungseng which used to be a base camp for armed resistance, and therefore, it underwent all sorts of hardships. From March 1949, the ...

Jeju April 3rd Peace Park

Jeju 4·3 Peace Park was established to remember the tragic history of the Jeju April 3rd Uprising and Massacre, restore victims’ reputations and promote Jeju as an island of peace and human rights....