KBS Busan General Bureau produces documentary ‘Busan Port Odyssey’ commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of Busan Port.

Broadcast on KBS 1TV Busan and Yangsan area on the 6th to 7th

(Busan = Yonhap News) Reporter Min Young-gyu = KBS Busan General Broadcasting Bureau announced on the 6th that it had produced a special documentary 'Busan Port Odyssey' to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of Busan Port.

This documentary vividly illuminates the time Busan Port has gone through since its opening through the stories of the ships and people who traveled to and from Busan Port.

In particular, the old appearance of Busan Port was revived by restoring major ships from history that cannot be seen now using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

One of them is the government ferry ‘Geumganghwan’. The appearance of the Geumganghwan was restored using blueprints and photos of the ship's interior obtained through six months of local reporting in Japan.

In Part 1, we look back on the history of Busan Port through the stories of ships that passed through Busan Port, from the government liaison ship that traveled between Busan and Japan, the Lane Victory that rescued refugees during the Korean War, the deep-sea fishing vessel Jinnam that was active in the field of economic development, and the Chicharenka that carried the first official immigration team.

In Part 2, we look at the development of container transportation, starting with the Pittsburgh, the first container ship that entered the Port of Busan in 1970, to the Ideal

In addition, we look at the direction in which ports should move in the case of the Inwangho, which is considered Korea's first container ship, and the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Part 1 of Busan Port Odyssey will be aired on the 6th at 7:40 PM, and Part 2 will be aired on the 7th at 7:40 PM on KBS 1TV in the Busan/Yangsan area.