Yeouido Park Culture Square여의도공원 문화의마당

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Yeouido Park opened in 1971 as Yeouido Plaza on the site of a former runway, and it became a space for national events as well as rest and leisure. In January 1999, its black asphalt was torn up and it was reborn as a green retreat. Today Yeouido Park is made up of four areas: the Nature Ecology Forest, the Culture Square, the Lawn Square and the Korean Traditional Forest. The Culture Square hosts all kinds of events and performances that citizens can take part in. The square also has a flagpole flying the Korean national flag and an aircraft serving as an Air Force memorial, making it a meaningful place to visit. This aircraft is a C-47 transport plane. On August 18, 1945, it landed at Yeouido carrying an advance unit of the Korean Liberation Army together with the U.S. OSS. The Korean Liberation Army had arrived in Seoul just three days after liberation. The C-47 exhibition hall stands on the very spot where the C-47 landed.