Yangjae Citizens' Forest is a park located near

Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station Yangjae Citizen's Forest (Maeheon) Station is a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, on Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Shinbundang Line. It opened on October 28, 2011. The subway station appears in episode 1 of the Netflix TV show Squid Game where t ...

and the Yangjae Tollgate on the

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, the entrance to

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. Built for the

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and

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, the land was prepared in July 1983 as part of Gaepo-dong Land Arrangement Plan. The construction of the Forest continued for about three years and completed in November 1986. The total area is . The park's major facilities include landscaped facilities, such as Grass Field, Octagonal Pavilion, and Pagora (wisteria trellis). The forest also has sports facilities, such as tennis and basketball courts. Other major structures in the Forest include the Memorial Hall for the war hero Yun Bonggil, a parking lot, children's playground, and an outdoor wedding hall. The park also has a number of memorials honouring civilian deaths, including the bombing of

Korean Air Flight 858 Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea. On 29 November 1987, the aircraft flying that route exploded in mid-air upon the detonation of a bomb planted inside an overhead ...

that killed 115 and the

Sampoong Department Store collapse On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed due to a structural failure. The collapse killed 502 people and injured 937, making it the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history. It was the deadlie ...

in 1995 that killed 502.Yangjae Citizen’s Forest Seoul
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Forest facts

*Address: 236 Yangjae 2-dong *Admission: Free *Parking: capacity for 571 cars *The forest is just outside exit 5.Yangjae Citizens' Forest
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References

Parks in Seoul Urban forests in South Korea 1980s establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-geo-stub