Busan Port, the Gateway to the ROK!

This is the appearance of Busan Port in Busan City in 1950. After the outbreak of the Korean War, UN forces consisting of 100,000 soldiers and 2 million tons of war supplies entered through the Busan Port over the course of three months.

 During the war, Busan Port served as a rear logistics base because it was easy to defend and to launch operations. It quickly rose to become a key port for unloading and handling military supplies for the UN forces and relief supplies and daily necessities from all over the world.

It was Pier 1 of Busan Port that the UN forces mainly utilized.  Pier 2, along with Pier 1, was a key rear logistics base of Busan Port, and was used as a military supply base to transport uniforms, necessities and food for the American and UN forces to fighting forces.

Pier 2, which was placed under requisition by the US armed forces immediately after the outbreak of the Korean War, was returned from the UN forces to the Korean government on October 25, 1952. After the armistice, US cargo ships with post-war relief and aid supplies frequented Busan Port, and cargoes such as flour and corn meal were usually unloaded at Pier 2.

An issue of Life, a US magazine, published on September 4, 1950 featured an article that showed the movements of the US military. It can be seen that the US troops and supplies entering through Busan Port, the only supply base on the Korean Peninsula at the time.

Pier 2, which was requisitioned by the US armed forces immediately after the outbreak of the Korean War, was returned from the UN forces to the Korean government on October 25, 1952 when the war winding down.  Busan Port was a gateway to the outside world and a gateway to migration, a base for invasion, and a port of hope where veterans and relief supplies came in.

Busan Port is a valuable port that contains the history of joy, anger, sorrow, and sorrow in Korea, and has become the driving force behind the development of Korea, which has grown based on imports and exports.