Waegwan

Waegwan is the seat of presidency for Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists in general of the administrative district of Waegwan-eup. It is located on each facets of the Nakdong River, that is traversed by using railroad, car and pedestrian bridges. Waegwan is home to a Benedictine monastery and the US Army base at Camp Carroll. It lies at the Gyeongbu Line of the Korean National Railroad, and is also linked to Daegu and different foremost towns thru the Gyeongbu Expressway.

Waegwan's call actually way "Japanese dwelling," and may imply that the city became a not unusual stopping-point for Japanese salt investors at some stage in the Joseon Dynasty. In the summer of 1939, Korean and Japanese students from the Daegu Normal School were sent to Waegwan to do forced hard work at the Gyeongbu Line railroad tracks. A demonstration, called the Waegwan Incident came about on July 26, in which Korean students protested preferential remedy given to Japanese college students. In effect, seven of the students were expelled.