Around four thousand Dutch people fought in the Korean War (1950-1953), of whom 125 never returned. The conflict arose because the country became a plaything in the Cold War after 1945. The war began with the invasion of South Korea by the Soviet Union- and Chinese-backed North. In 1953, after a bloody battle, an armistice was concluded. However, peace has still not been signed. The war also never ended for many Dutch Korea veterans. The fallen Dutch are buried in the cemetery in South Korea. Some veterans now, at a very old age, also want to be buried or interred there.
