Lizydes Magazine

부산시
Author : INNOCENT ELIZABETH
(Lizydes QOTG)

Contents
• WELCOME TO BUSAN
• AREA
• AREA CODE
• POPULATION
• GDP
• GOVERNMENT TYPE
• MAYOR
• DIALECT
• ISO 3166 CODE
• BIRD
• FLOWER
• FISH
• NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATION LIST
• INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
• BUSAN HISTORIC NAMES
• BUSAN HISTORY TIMELINE
• YEARLY POPULATION ( Increase/ Decrease per annum % )
• TIMES & EVENTS
• BUSAN ECONOMY
• FEATURES AND FACTS OF THE BUSAN PORT
• MARINE INSTITUTIONS IN BUSAN
• FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN BUSAN
• UNIVERSITIES IN BUSAN
• OTHER INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN BUSAN
• PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUSAN
• TOURISM CENTERS AND LOCATION
• TEMPLES IN BUSAN
• FESTIVALS IN BUSAN
• PUBLIC FACILITIES IN BUSAN AND THEIR SEATING CAPACITY
• MUSEUMS IN BUSAN
• TRADITIONAL CUISINE
• MEDIA STATION OR NEWSPAPER TYPES
• HOSPITALS IN BUSAN AND THEIR NUMBER OF BEDS
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & CELEBRITIES FROM BUSAN

WELCOME TO BUSAN
Busan officially known as the Busan Metropolitan City is the second largest city in South Korea. It is a Port City known for its beaches, mountains and temples. At the Haeundae beach which is the country’s largest beach, you can find the sealife aquarium and a folk square. At the Gwangalli beach, you’ll find many bars and views of the modern diamond bridge. At the base of the Geum-jeong mountain is the Beomeosa temple which is a Buddhist shrine founded in 678AD.
The Busan port is the 6th busiest port in the world as well as the busiest port in all of South Korea. It encompasses South Korea’s largest industrial area including Ulsan, South Gyeong-sang, Daegu, Some areas of the north Gyeong-sang & South Jeolla

AREA – 770 km²
AREA CODE – (+82)051
POPULATION – 3,331,444 (August, 2022)
GDP – US$75.8 Billion
GOVERNMENT TYPE – Mayor
MAYOR – Park Heong Joon
DIALECT – Gyeong-sang
ISO 3166 CODE – KR-410
BIRD – Seagull
FLOWER – Camellia flower
FISH – Mackerel

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATION LIST
• Jeon Jaesoo – Buk-gu / Gangseo-gu A district (Democratic)
• Kim Do-eup – Buk-gu / Gangseo-gu B district (People Power)
• Suh Byung-soo – Busanjin-gu A district
(People Power)
• Lee Heon-seung – Busanjin-gu B district
(People Power)
• Kim Heegon – Dongnae-gu district
(People Power)
• Baek Jong-heon – Geumjeong-gu district
(People Power)
• Ha Tae-keung – Haeundae-gu A district
(People Power)
• Kim Mi-ae – Haeundae-gu B district
(People Power)
• Hwangbo Seunghee – Jung-gu / Yeongdo-gu district (People Power)
• Park Soo-young – Nam-gu A district
(People Power)
• Park Jaeho – Nam-gu B district
(Democratic)
• Choi Inho – Saha-gu A district
(Democratic)
• Cho Kyoung Tae – Saha-gu B district
(People Power)
• Chang Je Won – Sasang-gu district
(People Power)
• Ahn Byung-gil – Seo-gu / Dong-gu district
(People Power)
• Jeon Bong-gil – Suyeong-gu district
(People Power)
• Jeong Dongman – Gijang district
(People Power)
• Lee Juhwan – Yeonje-gu district (People Power)

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
Busan is recognized as a center for international conventions
• Hosted APEC in 2005
It is also recognized as a center for sports tournaments in Korea
• Hosted the 2002 Asian Games
• FIFA World Cup.
It is recognized as the home to the world’s largest department store
• Shinsegae Centum City
Busan is recognized as a UNESCO Creative Cities Network
• City of Film in December 2014

BUSAN HISTORIC NAMES
It was called “Fuzan” in the Japanese period. The name 釜山 (now written 부산 using the Korean alphabet) is a Sino-Korean word meaning “Cauldron Mountain”. It is believed to be the former name of the Mt. Hwangryeong (황령산, 荒嶺山, Hwangryeong-san) which stands west of the city center. The area’s ancient state Mt. Geochil (거칠산국, 居柒山國, Geochilsan-guk, meaning “Rough-Mountain Land” refers to the same mountain, which towers over the town’s harbor on the Suyeong.

BUSAN HISTORY TIMELINE
• Jinhan Ancient dynasty – Three Kingdoms of Korea Silla BC.57–676
• Silla 676–936
• Goryeo 936–1392
• Joseon (Gyeongsang-do) 1392–1897
• Korea ( Korean Empire ) 1897–1910
• Korea (under Japanese rule) 1910–1945
• People’s Republic of Korea 1945
• United States Army Military Government in Korea 1945–1948
• South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) 1948–1963
• South Korea 1963–present

YEAR, POPULATION (Increase/Decrease per Annum %)

• 1995 – 3,745,784 —
• 2000 – 3,587,562 −0.86%
• 2005 – 3,439,916 −0.84%
• 2015 – 3,448,737 +0.03%
• 2020 – 3,349,016 −0.59%

TIMES & EVENTS
2nd–4th Century –
• Mt Geochil (Geochilsan-guk) was recorded as a chiefdom of the Jinhan Confederacy.
• In the 4th century Korea’s Three Kingdoms were formed.
15th Century –
• The Korean government allocated Busan as a trading port with the Japanese and allowed their settlement.
• Japanese settlements in Ulsan and Jinhae diminished.
• Japan invaded Korea in 1592.
16th Century – till date
• Diplomatic relations with the new shogunate in Japan was established in 1607
• Busan was permitted to be reconstructed.
• The Japanese settlement, waegwan (倭館) relocated into Choryang (草梁).
• Korea was introduced to modern diplomacy in 1876.
• In 1876, Busan became the first international port in Korea under the terms of the Treaty of Ganghwa.
• Busan and Daegu became refugee camp sites for Koreans with a population of 500,000 refugees during the war in 1951
• A defensive perimeter was constructed around the city by the UN troops in 1950 at summer and Autumn.
• In 1963, Busan separated from Gyeongsangnam-do thereby becoming a Directly Governed City (Jikhalsi).
• In 1983, the provincial capital of Gyeongsangnam-do was moved from Busan to Changwon.

BUSAN ECONOMY
Busan as the 2nd largest city in Korea has a maritime logistics hub in Northeast Asia with world-class mega ports and a gateway to the Eurasian continent.
In 2017, the maritime city recorded a GRDP of US$758.4 billion with a per capita GRDP of US$22,000.
The city’s economy is made up of the
• Service industry (70.3%)
• Manufacturing (19.8%)
• Construction (5.9%)
• Agriculture & fisheries (0.8%)
• Other sectors (3.2%)

FEATURES AND FACTS OF THE BUSAN PORT
• As the 6th largest port in the world, the port of Busan processed 21.81 million TEU of container cargo volume in 2020.
• The port’s container terminal has 43 berths – 20 berths at the North Port, and 23 berths at the Busan New Port (including 2 multi-purpose berths).
• The port is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast to Singapore, towards the southern tip of India to Mombasa, from there through the Red Sea via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its connections to Central Europe and the North Sea.

MARINE INSTITUTIONS IN BUSAN
• The Korea Maritime Institute (KMI)
• The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
• The National Fishery Products Quality Management Service
• The Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA)
• The Korea National Maritime Museum, located in Dongsam Innovation Complex in Yeongdo-gu district.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN BUSAN
• The Korea Technology Finance Corporation
• Korea Asset Management Corporation
• Korea Housing-Finance Corporation
• Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation
• Korea Securities Depository
• Korea Maritime Guarantee Insurance
• Maritime Finance Center
• The Korea Shipping and Maritime Transportation Co., Ltd
• BNK Financial Group.

UNIVERSITIES IN BUSAN
• Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS)
• Busan Presbyterian University
• Busan National University of Education (BNUE)
• Catholic University of Pusan
• Dongseo University
• Dong-A University
• Dong-eui University
• Friedrich-Alexander University Busan Campus (German University in Korea)
• Inje University – Busan Campus
• Kosin University
• Korea Maritime and Ocean University
• Kyungsung University
• Pukyong National University (PKNU)
• Pusan National University (PNU)
• Silla University
• Tongmyong University
• Youngsan University

Other institutes of higher education
• Busan Arts College
• Busan Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
• Busan Kyungsang College
• Busan Polytechnic College
• Daedong College
• Dong-Pusan College
• Dongju College
• Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUSAN
• Busan Foreign Language High School (부산외국어고등학교)
• Busan Foreign School (Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade)
• Busan Japanese School (釜山日本人学校, 부산일본인학교)
• International School of Busan ( Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade)
• Overseas Chinese Elementary School Busan (韓國釜山華僑小學; 부산화교소학교)
• Overseas Chinese High School, Busan

TOURISM CENTERS AND LOCATION
• Nampo-dong is a central shopping and cafe district.
• The area around Pukyong National University and Kyungsung University also has many cafés, bars, and restaurants attracting college students and youth. Gwangalli Beach has cafés, bars, and restaurants along the beach, and the Grand Gwangan Bridge.
• Dadaepo Beach on the west edge of the city
• Songdo Beach, which is south-central.

• Geumjeongsan to the west is a weekend hiking spot
• To the north, the neighborhoods around Pusan National University (PNU) have student theaters, cafes, bars and restaurants, and has open-air cultural street performances on weekend nights.
• Beomeosa, the city’s main Korean Buddhist temple.
• Yongdusan Park which is home to the Busan tower, Yongdusan Art Gallery and the Busan Aquarium, which is the largest aquarium in South Korea occupies 69,000 square meters/17 acres (7 ha)
• Dongnae-gu is a wealthy and traditional residential area.
• Dongnae Oncheon is a natural spa area with many baths, tourist hotels, restaurants, clubs and shopping areas and restaurants.
• Chungnyeolsa is a Confucian shrine for soldiers who died during the 16th century battle against the Japanese at Dongnae Fortress.
• Taejongdae is a natural park with cliffs facing the open sea on the island of Yeongdo.

• Haedong Yonggung temple is one of three sacred places attributed to the Goddess Buddha, one located right next to the sea, another on a mountain in the front and the other at the sea at the back.

TEMPLES IN BUSAN
• Beomeosa Temple
• Busanjinjiseong Fortress (or Jaseongdae)
• Cheonseongjinseong Fortress
• Chungnyeolsa Shrine
• Dongnaeeupseong Fortress
• Dongnae Hyanggyo Confucian shrine-school
• Dongnaebu Dongheon
• Dongsam-dong Shell Mound
• Fortress site of Jwasuyeong
• Geumjeongsanseong Fortress
• Haedong Yonggung Temple
• Janggwancheong
• Gungwancheong
• Songgongdan Altar
• Jeongongdan Altar
• Samgwangsa Temple
• Tumuli in Bokcheon-dong, Dongnae
• United Nations Memorial Cemetery[42]
• Waeseong in Jukseong-ri, Gijang
• Yeongdo Bridge
• Yeonggadae Pavilion
• Yungongdan Altar

FESTIVALS IN BUSAN
• The Joseon Tongsinsa Festival
• Busan Port Festival
• The Busan Sea Festival at Haeundae Beach
• The largest beach in Korea
• The Busan International Rock Festival
• Busan International Film Festival
• The Busan Fireworks Festival
• K-pop music festival.
• G-Star
• The Busan Christmas Tree Festival in December

PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THEIR SEATING CAPACITY
• Busan Cultural Center – 2,389
• Busan Citizens’ Hall – 1,941
• BEXCO Auditorium – 2,644
• Busan National Gugak Center – 974
• Busan Cinema Center Haneulyeon Theatre – 841
• Korea National Maritime Museum – 311

MUSEUMS IN BUSAN
• Busan Museum
• Busan Museum of Art
• Museum of Contemporary Art Busan
• Busan Museum of Movies
• Busan Modern History Museum
• Busan Marine Natural History Museum
• Korea National Maritime Museum
• Bokcheon Museum
• Kiswire Museum
• Provisional Capital Memorial Hall
• Trickeye Museum
• United Nations Peace Memorial Hall
• 40-step Stairway Culture Center
• Dongnae Eupseong History Museum

TRADITIONAL CUISINE
Main food are the very fresh raw fish called “Hoe,” Dwaeji Gukbap (pork soup), Milmyeon (wheat noodle in a cold chicken or beef broth) and Ssiat Hotteok (sweet pancake with seed).

MEDIA STATION OR NEWSPAPER TYPES
• Busan KBS TV Radio
• Busan MBC TV Radio
• KNN TV Radio
• Busan CBS Radio
• Busan BBS Radio
• Busan eFM Radio (English, Chinese)
• Busan PBC Radio
• Busan Ilbo Daily Newspaper
• Kookje Shinmun Daily Newspaper

HOSPITALS IN BUSAN AND THEIR NUMBER OF BEDS
• Pusan National University Hospital – 1,300 beds in Ami-dong
• Kosin University Gospel Hospital – 957 beds in Amnam-dong
• Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences specializing in cancer treatment – 298 beds
• Dong-A University Hospital – 999 beds in Dongdaesin-dong
• Dong-eui Medical Center – 468 beds offering cooperative western and oriental medicine treatment in Yangjeong-dong
• Inje University Busan Paik Hospital – 837 beds in Gaegeum-dong
• Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital – 896 beds in Jwa-dong
• Busan Medical Center – 555 beds in Sajik-dong
• Pusan National University Hospital at Busan – 1180 beds
• Inje University Paik Hospital at Haeundae – 1004 beds
• Dong-A University Hospital – 920 beds
• Kosin University Hospital – 912 beds
• Busan St. Mary’s Medical Center – 716 beds
• Dong-eui Medical Center – 640 beds
• Busan Baptist Hospital – 608 beds
• Busan Medical Center – 591 beds
• Maryknoll Medical Center – 501 beds
• Inje University Paik Hospital at Busan – 898 beds

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1966)
• United States Los Angeles, USA (1967)
• Japan Shimonoseki, Japan (1976)
• Spain Barcelona, Spain (1983)
• Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1985)
• Russia Vladivostok, Russia (1992)
• China Shanghai, China (1993)
• Indonesia Surabaya, Indonesia (1994)
• Australia State of Victoria, Australia (1994)
• Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1995)
• Mexico Tijuana, Mexico (1995)
• New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand (1996)
• Chile Valparaíso, Chile (1999)
• Canada Montreal, Canada (2000)
• South Africa Western Cape, South Africa (2000)
• Turkey Istanbul, Turkey (2002)
• United Arab Emirates Dubai, UAE (2006)
• Japan Fukuoka, Japan (2007)
• United States Chicago, USA (2007)
• Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia (2008)
• Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2009)
• India Mumbai, India (2009)
• Greece Thessaloniki, Greece (2010)
• Morocco Casablanca, Morocco (2011)
• Philippines Cebu Province, Philippines (2011)
• Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar (2013)
• Poland Gdynia, Poland (2020)

CELEBRITIES
• Cho Won-woo (born 1994), Korean windsurfer
• Choi Jin-ri (born 1994, died 2019), singer, actress, former member of f(x)
• Choi Min-gi (born 1995), singer, songwriter, actor, former member of NU’EST
• Gong Yoo (born in 1979), award-winning actor
• Hwang Min-hyun (born 1995), singer, songwriter, actor, former member of NU’EST
• Jeon Jungkook (born 1997), singer, producer, songwriter, member of BTS
• Jung Eun-ji (born 1993), singer, songwriter, actress, member of Apink
• Jo Yuri (born 2001), singer, actress, former member of IZ*ONE
• Kang Daniel (born in 1996), singer, former member of Wanna One
• Kim Hee-jin (born in 1991), South Korea women’s national volleyball team
• Lee Jang-kun (born 1992), professional Kabaddi player
• Lee Jihoon (born 1996), singer, dancer, producer, songwriter, member of Seventeen
• Park Jihoon (born 2000), leader, vocalist, dancer, member of Treasure
• Park Jimin (born 1995), singer, songwriter, dancer, member of BTS
• Sandara Park (born 1984), singer, actress, former member of 2NE1
• Park Woo-jin (born 1999), rapper, singer, dancer, songwriter, former member of Wanna One, member of AB6IX
• Yang Hyo-jin (born in 1989), former member of South Korea women’s national volleyball team
• Yang Jeongin (born 2001), vocalist, member of Stray Kids
• Yoo Kang-min (born 2003), singer, member of VERIVERY

Author : INNOCENT ELIZABETH (Lizydes QOTG)
CEO Lizydes Legacy
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