Memorial Day (South Korea)
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The South Korea
n (officially the Republic of Korea) Memorial Day (Korean
: 현충일 (顯忠日), Hyeonchung-il) is held every June 6 to commemorate men and women who died while in military service
, during the Korean War
and other significant wars or battles.
On this day, a memorial ceremony is held in the National Cemetery in Seoul
. Also, the South Korean flag
is flown at half-staff
.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n (officially the Republic of Korea) Memorial Day (Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
: 현충일 (顯忠日), Hyeonchung-il) is held every June 6 to commemorate men and women who died while in military service
Military service
Military service, in its simplest sense, is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft . Some nations require a specific amount of military service from every citizen...
, during the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
and other significant wars or battles.
On this day, a memorial ceremony is held in the National Cemetery in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
. Also, the South Korean flag
Flag of South Korea
The flag of South Korea, or Taegeukgi has three parts: a white background; a red and blue taegeuk in the centre; and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag...
is flown at half-staff
Half-staff
Half-staff is the American term for to describe a flag flying a flag below the summit of the flagpole . The rest of the English-speaking world uses the term half-mast. Technically the flag should be flown one breadth lower to allow for the invisible flag of death...
.