War memorial

We went to see the War Memorial Museum in Seoul. I would add it to the list of places one should visit in Seoul. It was huge. There were even airplanes on the side yard. But one should have critisism when going there. I mean the way they presented stuff there was slightly odd for a European.

The museum covered the wars in Korea from old times until the Korean War. Although the Korean War is a painful and sad piece of history for the people here, the museum seemed to praise war more than just present facts. It was just anti-North Korea propaganda. Nevertheless the museum helped me to understand better what was going on in the Korean War.

A huge monument in front of the War Memorial.

The memorial plates of those who passed in the Korean War.


Illustration of DMZ, the Demilitarized Zone.

There was a cool artwork symbolizing the 'great nation of Korea'. It was a slightly overflowing founting in a dark and silent room and a hole in the seeling where sun lit the center of the fountain.

The sunlight.



The Hwaesong Fortress in Suwon has played a big part in the war history of Korea. Well at least it seemed so in the museum. It was really cool that we had visited that.

Moving on to more present times in the museum. I was actually just interested in learning more about the Korean war in the museum. I didn't really care that much about the older stuff.

The threat of invasion still exists since South Korea and North Korea are still in war. In the museum there were demonstrations of the range of a nuclear bomb if it would be dropped in Seoul.


We live about half a kilometer outside the orange 5-km-range. It is not nice to think about nuclear bombs dropping to the city you live in. I don't think it would happen but it was strange how "normal" it had been made in the museum. In the childrens' area there was a demonstration where a plastic bomb on a string lowered down from the sealing above the map of Seoul and then lights showed the range it would wipe out.

I like big rides! (no I don't...)

The planes and stuff on the side yard.

A plane of R.O.K. (Republic of Korea) Air Force.