국립 서울 현충원
Seoul National Cemetery
SNC, essentially the Arlington Cemetery of South Korea, is the larger of two national cemeteries in the country. Established in 1956, it is a cemetery reserved for Korean veterans and military causalities from the Korean independence movement/Japanese occupation (1910-1945), the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Also included are those that lost their lives in skirmishes with North Korea following the armistice agreement of '53.
The cemetery is divided into congruent sections for interment surrounding a large columbarium for inurnment and/or memorialization.
Late December, at the height of winter when most vegetation is dead, frozen, dried up and brown, is probably not the ideal time to visit, but you can get an idea of what it looks like and imagine how nice it would look in the spring or even with a nice snowfall!
