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Busan’s “Future Heritage,” Treasures for the Next 100 Years, Surpasses 100 Designations

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that the number of Busan Future Heritage sites—tangible and intangible assets embodying Busan’s identity and uniqueness—has surpassed 100 this year.

Busan Future Heritage refers to tangible and intangible assets selected from among sites, individuals, or stories set against the backdrop of modern and contemporary Busan that hold value worthy of being passed on to future generations.

The City has been promoting the Busan Future Heritage designation program since 2019. Including the 13 sites selected this year, a total of 108 Future Heritage sites are currently under management. These sites reflect Busan’s distinctive characteristics that citizens wish to pass on to future generations.

Across Busan, there are heritage sites that will become treasures 100 years from now, embodying history and civic pride. These include sites that commemorate the noble sacrifices of Busan citizens, such as the Woo Jang-choon Memorial Site and the Patriotic Martyrs’ Shrine; sites filled with culture, arts, and romance, such as Bosudong Book Alley and the former ferry terminal and wharf in Yeongdo; sites preserving traces of Busan’s industrial history, such as F1963 and the Bujeon-dong Tool Alley; and sites reflecting the history of wartime displacement, such as Donghang Cathedral and Anchang Village.

In addition, Busan Future Heritage sites are selected and managed across five categories: history, urban landscape, living culture, industry, and culture and arts. Through this process, more than 100 stories resonating with Busan citizens have been collected, and initiatives such as on-site tour programs and the creation of a Busan Future Heritage map have provided opportunities to showcase Busan’s unique character to domestic and international visitors.

The 13 newly designated Busan Future Heritage sites include Dongbaekseom Island and Oryukdo Islets, which reflect Busan’s regional and local identity; the song “Come Back to Busan Port,” which is also used as a cheering song for the Lotte Giants; Busan Jungbu Church, which served as a central hub for democratic and civic movements in Busan during the 1970s and 1980s; and the Korean War Medical Support Memorial, which conveys the international cooperation and humanitarian significance of Busan as the wartime provisional capital through its dispatch of medical support teams during the Korean War.

Through research projects and public nominations, the City identified 64 preliminary candidate sites across five fields—history, urban landscape, living culture, industry, and culture and arts—and narrowed them down to 56 candidates by incorporating opinions from internal and external experts.

Subsequently, through public surveys, deliberation by the Busan Future Heritage Preservation Committee, and consent procedures involving property owners, 19 final candidates were selected. On the 13th, following final deliberation by the Busan Future Heritage Preservation Committee, 13 sites were officially designated as Busan Future Heritage.

The City plans to introduce the designated Busan Future Heritage sites through its official website https://www.busan.go.kr/futureheritage and to continuously share the value of Future Heritage with citizens through initiatives such as installing heritage markers, producing promotional videos, and operating on-site tour programs.

Jo Yu-jang, Director General of the City’s Culture Bureau, stated, “The fact that Busan Future Heritage has surpassed 100 designations reflects the affection of our citizens for Busan and their efforts to preserve Busan’s unique stories. Going forward, we will strive to share this value with many visitors to Busan from future generations, so that it may grow into another distinctive city brand.”