United Nations Memorial Cemetery Monument

Address: UN Memorial Cemetery, Nam District, Busan, 45, 45, UN Cemetery-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, South Korea

Website: https://www.unmck.or.kr

Hours: Daily 9:00am-6:00pm (hours may vary)

Admission: Free

The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea, is a dedicated burial ground for United Nations service personnel who died during the Korean War. It serves as a multinational memorial and is maintained as an active commemorative site.

The site features rows of grave plots, national memorials, and a central ceremonial plaza where flags and monuments honour the dead; memorial tablets record the names of the fallen and those missing in action. The cemetery is visited by relatives, veterans, official delegations and the public for remembrance ceremonies.

Established during and after the Korean War, the cemetery has been maintained to preserve the graves and memorials of UN personnel from several nations and to provide a focal point for multinational remembrance. It is located on a hillside in Busan and is accessible from the city by road.

The cemetery sits in the Nam-gu area of Busan on the city’s eastern side, overlooking the surrounding urban area and sea approaches, and is easily reached from central Busan.

• Only UN cemetery: The cemetery is the only United Nations cemetery in the world and contains the graves of United Nations service personnel from the Korean War era.
• Scale and commemorations: Contains more than 2,000 graves and includes memorials and tablets commemorating missing and fallen personnel from multiple contributing countries.

What to See#

• Memorial plaza: A central memorial plaza and ceremonial area contains the main commemorative monuments and the flagpoles of contributing nations.
• Grave plots and national sections: Grave plots are arranged in orderly rows and grouped by national contingents from the Korean War period, with headstones and small national memorials.

The cemetery is in Nam-gu, Busan. It’s reachable by taxi or local bus from central Busan; the nearest subway stations are several kilometres away so a short taxi ride from a station such as Busan Station is common.

• Visit the cemetery's memorial hall for personal stories and unit histories; guides there can contextualise the headstones.
• Go in the late afternoon for quieter pathways and softer light across the rows of graves.
• Respect the solemnity of the site-this is an active place of remembrance with many international visitors.