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Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery

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Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery

Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery (Korean: 양화진외국인선교사묘원), also known as the Hapjeong-dong International Cemetery, is a cemetery overlooking the Han River in the district of Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. The cemetery was first opened in 1890, and contains at least 376 graves: around 118 of w

hich belong to foreign missionaries and their family members. The cemetery survived the 1910–1945 Japanese colonial period and the 1950–1953 Korean War, and is remembered as a historic site for Korea's interactions with the West and Christianity.

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