Pusan

Countryside Falling Flowers Rock Folk Village Haeinsa Temple Kyongju Mt Songni Pulguksa Temple Pusan Seoul Unjin Miruk

Pusan

Photos from my visit in 1988

 

the port city

 

the port

Pusan, city in southeastern South Korea, on Korea Strait. Pusan is the second largest South Korean city and the principal seaport in the republic. Industrial establishments in the city include shipyards, railroad workshops, rubber factories, ironworks, textile mills, rice and salt refineries, and fisheries. The port has ferry service to the Japanese port of Shimonoseki. Pusan has several universities, among them Pusan National University (1946).

 

the United Nations cemetery

 

grave markers
(graves of fallen Turkish soldiers in foreground)

Pusan was invaded by the Japanese in 1592. The port was opened to Japanese trade in 1876 and to general foreign commerce in 1883. After 1910, when Korea became a Japanese protectorate, the city was the center of a flourishing trade with Japan. During the Korean War (1950-53), Pusan was a major port of entry and supply depot for United Nations forces. Population (1995) 3,813,814.

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the Commodore Hotel

 

the Pusan tower

 

plaque on the tower

 

child chasing a pigeon on Easter Day 1988

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Pusan Market

 

 

 

squidid

 

 

vegetableses

 

fruit seller

 

 

mussels and omelet ?

 

vegetable seller

 

fruit seller

 

 

 

 

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