Korean War Refugee Village
21 Houses Demolished to Create Park
The Urban Regeneration Field Support Center of Pyeongni 1-dong, Seo-gu, Daegu (Center Director Yeochanghwan) will hold the Yeolcha Village Memory Sharing event in the alleys of Yeolcha Village, Pyeongni 1-dong on the 16th.
This event was promoted to remember the last appearance of Yeolcha Village, which will be transformed through the Pyeongni 1-dong Urban Regeneration New Deal project. Yeolcha Village got its nickname because the clustered houses built by refugees who fled to Daegu during the Korean War resembled a train.
Daegu Seo-gu Yeolcha Village Alley. Most of the houses are vacant as residents have moved out ahead of the scheduled demolition next year.
The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 16th in the alleys of Yeolcha Village, Pyeongni-dong, Seo-gu, Daegu, with about 100 participants including residents of Pyeongni 1-dong, Yeolcha Village migrants, local artists, and volunteers.
Main events include an exhibition of Yeolcha Village archiving materials (photos, videos, etc.), Yeolcha Village story content experiences, traditional food (Gaengsigi) tasting, Yeolcha Village alley tours, and busking performances.
Meanwhile, once compensation is completed around the end of this month, 21 households in Yeolcha Village will be demolished from December to June next year, and a public parking lot and Yeolcha Village Memory Park will be created.
The Daegu Pyeongni 1-dong Urban Regeneration New Deal project was selected as a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport contest project in 2021 and has been underway since 2022 until 2025 with a total project cost of 18.5 billion KRW funded by national, city, and district budgets to improve residential environments, expand resident convenience facilities, and establish a foundation for autonomous growth.
Ryu Hanguk, head of Seo-gu Office in Daegu, said, “Through this event, we are pleased to promote the newly transformed Yeolcha Village through the Pyeongni 1-dong Urban Regeneration New Deal project and to provide a place for residents to share old memories of the Yeolcha Village alleys before the demolition.”
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