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In 1877, a concession was established in Busan, and consulates of Japan, Qing, and the United Kingdom were established. In 1883, the port was opened, and a Busan Customs Office (부산해관; 釜山海關) was established. [17] In 1895, Dongnae-bu was made part of South Gyeongsang Province.
Easy access to the Port of Busan between Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong contribute to its vast growth. Currently the Port of Busan is the fifth busiest container port in the world and the tenth busiest port in North-east Asia. [6] It is developed, managed, and operated by the Busan Port Authority (BPA) established in 2004.
The Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel, or Korea–Japan Undersea Tunnel, is a proposed tunnel project to connect Japan with South Korea via an undersea tunnel crossing the Korea Strait that would use the strait islands of Iki and Tsushima, a straight-line distance of approximately 128 kilometers (80 mi) at its shortest.
The shortest distance between Busan, South Korea, and Tsushima Island is about 50 km, as is the shortest distance from Tsushima to Iki Island, Japan. In the 6th century, Buddhism ( Mahāyāna Buddhism ) was transmitted by Baekje people to the easternmost Japan of the Emperor Kinmei 's era over this strait ( See also : East Asian Buddhism and ...
The waegwan of Busan-po (부산포; 富山浦) was located in present-day Dong District of Busan. It was the oldest of the sampo waegwans; about 450 Japanese lived there in 1492. It was shut down in 1510 but was reopened in 1521, and existed until the invasions of Korea in 1592.
Beetle (ビートル, Bītoru) was a high-speed ferry service that travelled between Fukuoka, Japan and Busan, South Korea. It was operated by JR Kyushu Jet Ferry, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The service was operated by hydrofoil ferries, the Boeing 929 Jetfoil, from its establishment in 1990.
It covers the Japanese colonial period (1910–1945), in particular when Koreans were forced to perform labor and moved to other places to support Japan. [2] The museum was founded by the South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety , [ 3 ] although jurisdiction was transferred to the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs ...
A number of memorials cover the legacy of the Japanese colonial period. The Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan, [256] Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea in Seoul, [257] and the National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation in Busan all cover the subject. [258]