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	Pusan Perimeter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pusan Perimeter – Inchon – Chosin Reservoir – Imjin River – Gloster Hill– Kapyong – The Hook - Pork Chop Hill - Bloody Ridge - Heartbreak Ridge
		The Pusan Perimeter was the area in extreme southeast Korea that was held by U.S. and South Korean troops during the furthest advance of the North Korean troops, in the summer and fall of 1950, during the Korean War.
		It extended along 140 miles and was named after the coastal city of Pusan which served primarily as an airhead for resupply and reinforcement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Busan_Perimeter (134 words)

	Busan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Busan was one of the few areas in Korea that remained under the control of South Korea throughout the Korean War and for some time it was the capital of South Korea.
		Busan is also famous for the Pusan International Film Festival, or PIFF, which is the largest and best-known international film festival in Asia and annually attracts huge numbers of tourists from all over East Asia and the world.
		Busan lies on a number of rail lines, of which the most important is the Gyeongbu Line which connects it to other major cities such as Seoul, Daejeon, and Daegu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Busan (1356 words)

	Busan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Busan Metropolitan City, also commonly referred to as Pusan, is a harbor city and designated Metropolitan City in the southeast of South Korea.
		Busan was one of the few areas in Korea that remained under the control of South Korea throughout the Korean War.
		Busan was also the only city in Korea to adopt the steam tramway before the electrification was introduced in 1924.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Busan (797 words)

	Busan
		With a population of approximately 12.5 million, Busan is the second largest city in South Korea, after Seoul.
		Busan is also famous for Pusan International Film Festival, which is one of the biggest international festivals in Asia.
		Busan is served by Gimhae International Airport, in the nearby city of Gimhae.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Pusan (416 words)

	Busan Travel Guide – Busan information, History of Busan, culture, climate, hotels, map, travel, tourism, ...
		Busan is famous for its seafood and beaches, as well as the Hallyosudo Waterway with its picturesque islands.
		In 1876, Busan became the first international port in Korea and was opened to Japanese trade and to general foreign trade in 1883.
		Busan winters (December to March) are milder than the rest of the country.
	www.hoteltravel.com /south_korea/busan/guides/overview.htm (1181 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Korea News and Korean Business and Economy, Pyongyang News
		BUSAN - The streets are empty near Haeundae beach and there is a war-time feel to the neighborhood, with police stationed every 50 feet.
		The horrific traffic Busan is well known for has multiplied because of closed streets, massive exclusion zones and a scheme where vehicles with odd and even license plate numbers alternate driving days.
		An important element of the APEC summit will be the "Busan Roadmap", which will outline actions to be taken to achieve goals of removing barriers to trade and investment for developed countries by 2010 and developing countries by 2020.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/GK19Dg01.html (1697 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		South Korea's biggest port city, Busan, is one of the cities that is being developed as a major business and industrial center while at the same time preserving nature.
		While you are in Busan, you may want to try some fresh seafood and the best place to do so is at Jagalchi market where you can pick the fish, octopus or lobster yourself and have it cooked as you like.
		Busan also houses the only United Nations cemetery in the world which honors the fallen soldiers who were fighting under the blue UN flag.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20021222.N02 (779 words)

	Korean War - MSN Encarta
		The right-angled front, known as the Busan Perimeter, stretched 80 km (50 mi) from Pohang on Yŏgil Gulf to Daegu in the interior before bending south 110 km (70 mi) to the coastal Jinju-Masan region.
		However, it was probably due to a tactical error at Pohang, on the northeastern perimeter, that the KPA failed to occupy Busan and unify the peninsula.
		The official American historian of the war, Roy Appleman, wrote that the 'major tactical mistake' of the North Koreans was not to press their advantage on the eastern coastal road between Pohang and Busan.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559607_2/Korean_War.html (2529 words)

	Installation - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Busan was a critical strategic and logistical staging area during the Korean conflict.
		Busan port facilities were under the control of the U.S. military to handle the enormous support requirements of the fighting forces.
		As the city of Busan grew to its present size, it engulfed the installation and is today, the center of controversy, because it is prime real estate in central Busan, which the ROK government wants to have returned.
	www.armedforces.net /Detailed/1584.html (5190 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In addition, Busan is internationally ranked as the third largest seaport in terms of cargo volume and efficiency by the
		Busan was one of the few areas in Korea that remained under the control of South Korea throughout the
		Busan is divided into 15 wards and 1 county.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Busan.html (526 words)

	Pusan Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The area titled as the "Foreigners' Shopping Street", but commonly referred to as "Texas Street" near the main docks, has many Russian businesses that cater to the local Russian population, as well as the crews of foreign ships.
		Ferries leaving from the International Ferry Terminal (국제여객터미날) on Pier 1 connect Busan to the japanese ports of Izuhara and Hitakatsu on Tsushima Island, as well as the cities of Shimonoseki, Fukuoka, and Osaka on Japan's mainland.
		The word Geochilsan means rough mountain, probably referring to, located at the center of the city.
	216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Pusan (1236 words)

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		BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) -Anti-American protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in the streets of this southern port city as thousands of people rallied against the APEC summit.
		Rally leaders said earlier they were hoping for a turnout of 100,000 in the port city which police transformed into a virtual fortress by erecting a ring of steel barriers across a wide perimeter around the summit convention centre.
		On Thursday several hundred demonstrators staged anti-US protests in Gyeongju, just north of Busan, during a summit between Bush and South Korean leader Roh Moo-Hyun on the eve of the two-day APEC session that ends Saturday.
	aawsat.com /english/news.asp?section=1&id=2709 (632 words)

	Daegu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		During the Joseon Dynasty, the city was the administrative, economic and cultural centre of the entire Gyeongsang region, a role largely taken over now by Busan in South Gyeongsang.
		During the Korean War, much heavy fighting occurred nearby along the Nakdong River.
		Daegu sat inside the Busan Perimeter, however, and therefore remained in South Korean hands throughout the war.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Daegu (372 words)

	USATODAY.com - Celebrations start in Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		BUSAN, South Korea —; Nearly 50 years of soccer futility ended for South Korea Tuesday night, as its tenacious team leveraged a clear home-field advantage to secure the nation's first victory in the World Cup finals, 2-0 against Poland.
		Dressed in the dominant color of the national squad — bright salmon — the Korean fans were unrelenting in their singing, cheering and choreographed chaos.
		Members of the Korean national team remained out on the field, jogging the perimeter and waving to the adoring crowds that were still in place, as they had been for hours.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/cup2002/games/2002-06-04-southkorea-poland.htm (582 words)

	BUSAN PICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The airplane hanger type building we were forced to stay in the last two time in Busan.
		Another view of Busan with the perimeter wall in view.
		Busan skyline with the officer housing area in view below.
	www.milesmilitis.com /pusan.html (99 words)

	Articles - Korean War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The view that global communism was monolithic and that the North Koreans were little more than stooges of the Soviet Union prevented the United States and other nations from understanding the initial conflict as a civil war, wherein each side wished to reunite the peninsula, albeit under their own political system.
		UN forces in northeast Korea withdrew to form a defensive perimeter around the port city of Hungnam, where a Dunkirk-style evacuation was carried out in late December 1950.
		At the Pusan Perimeter, American Eighth Army commander Lieutenant General Walton Walker was able to maneuver his forces to successfully confront the North Korean forces as they attempted a flanking maneuver instead of concentrating their forces which might have destroyed UN forces in the area.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Korean_War (7245 words)

	CNNSI.com - More Sports - South Korea eases North Korean flag ban for Games - Thursday September 26, 2002 05:57 AM
		Posted: Thursday September 26, 2002 5:57 AM BUSAN, South Korea (AP) -- As host of the Asian Games, the city where the South's defenders regrouped during the 1950-53 Korean War has become the first South Korean place to allow display of the North Korean flag.
		Busan's games organizing committee is allowing the North Korean flag, ordinarily banned in the South, to fly at games' stadiums, the athletes' village and a few other places such as the main media center.
		The southeastern coastal city of Busan, then spelled Pusan, became South Korea's temporary capital, the site of a large refugee influx and the last-ditch defense line known as the Pusan Perimeter.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/news/2002/09/26/sk_nk_ap (485 words)

	Daegu - Galbijim
		Daegu or Taegu is the 4th largest city in Korea (after Seoul, Busan and Incheon).
		Due to Incheon and Seoul being close enough together that they share a subway system, Daegu is the region with the 3rd largest population in the country.
		During the Joseon Dynasty, the city was the administrative, economic and cultural centre of the entire Gyeongsang-do region, a role largely taken over now by Busan.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Daegu (1111 words)

	The Landing at Inchon - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The UN forces, confined within the Pusan Perimeter, were still being hard-pressed when a daring amphibious assault was launched at Inchon, the port of Seoul.
		Sailing from Japan, the US 10th Corps landed on September 15 and quickly overcame all enemy resistance in the seaport area.
		Meanwhile, the Eighth US Army had broken out of the Pusan Perimeter and had linked up with the 10th Corps.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/koreawar/valour/inchon (383 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Diary: Bush's Asian tour
		The Central Asian landscape is brown and wintry, creased by frozen rivers, with low hills carrying a dusting of snow.
		Here in Busan they will wear the durumagi, a sort of Korean coat decorated with "ancient Korean symbols".
		Most of the radio reporters have elected to stay in Busan and listen to the press conference piped in.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4438068.stm (3086 words)

	Nakdong River - Galbijim
		The Nakdong River (Rakdong when referred from North Korea) is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan.
		The Nakdong flows from the Taebaek Mountains to the East Sea (Sea of Japan).
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Busan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Nakdong_River (615 words)

	The Asia Pages » A Disturbing Letter from Grandma Caroline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Among my mother’s many odd memories is one of how her grandmother gave her a bag of rice candy during their flight south, with instructions to dole them out to her siblings whenever they began to whine.
		Their stories are endless repetitions of how everything was in short supply, how relatively nice people turned into feral animals or scavengers, and how every member of the family had to resort to various forms of “janmoeri” (sly trickery) in order to survive.
		Now, fast-forward from the squalid conditions of the Busan refugee encampments and shanty towns that my parents spent three years of the war in, to their comfortable digs in suburban Chicago.
	asiapages.wordpress.com /2005/10/31/a-disturbing-letter-from-grandma-caroline (1968 words)

	WILL RP 5 ECLIPSE MOON?
		He buried 25 triples to rank fourth and averaged 19 points to finish fifth in scoring at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
		In Busan, Moon is burning the hoops with impunity.
		Lee, 29, is the starting point guard and like Moon, is deadly from the perimeter.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/09/sp/sp002246.htm (1072 words)

	Diggers revisit land of Forgotten War - smh.com.au
		The UN Security Council ordered the dispatch of troops, led by the Americans, to defend the South, but within a month the North had advanced as far as the south-eastern port of Busan.
		At what was known as the Busan Perimeter, UN forces held the line, while the US general Douglas MacArthur ordered divisions ashore further north behind North Korean lines.
		It was the beginning of a counter-offensive that retook Seoul, and headed close to the border with China.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/07/25/1059084208798.html (1027 words)

	Travel Insurance, Instant Quotes, Compare Plans -- Health and Security News
		Korean police advised the Embassy that they expect 30,000 to 50,000 protesters to gather in downtown Busan and in the vicinity of the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center.
		American citizens are, therefore, urged to avoid the areas of demonstrations if possible and exercise caution if within the vicinity of any demonstrations.
		American citizens should also be aware that hotel rooms will be practically unavailable in Busan and the surrounding area for the week of the summit and, in most cases, the two weeks preceding it.
	www.hthtravelinsurance.com /health_sec_news/article_template.cfm?p_fn=ne_news_23387.html (313 words)

	APEC: mass protests and political tension in South Korea
		Many protestors travelling by bus from all over the country were stopped by police before they could enter Busan.
		A group of 4,000 demonstrators were stopped at a road blockade of shipping containers established by police near the convention centre where APEC summit was being held.
		Edward Graham, from the Washington-based Institute for International Economics, told reporters in Busan: “There is significant risk of a complete failure.
	wsws.org /articles/2005/nov2005/apec-n25.shtml (1296 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia â“ Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
		It was called Jinsen by the Japanese, who ruled Korea from 1905 to 1945.
		During the Korean War, U.S. troops landed at Incheon (Sept. 15, 1950) to relieve pressure on the Busan (Pusan) perimeter and to launch the subsequent UN drive northward.
		Incheon has several universities, including Inha Univ. The city was formerly called Chemulpo.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Incheon (190 words)

	Korea Bike Tour: Gyeongju
		Because it was inside the Busan Perimeter it was not damaged during the invasion by North Korea.
		One of unique characteristics of the village is it seem to be more up in the hills than most contemporary villages.
		There are commuter, intercity, express and high speed trains to all regions of the country.
	www.ibike.org /ibike/korea/east/12-Gyeongju.htm (1692 words)

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