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S. Korea Has Nationalized 5.2 mln Square Meters of Land Owned by Japanese During Colonial Rule

S. Korea Has Nationalized 5.2 mln Square Meters of Land Owned by Japanese During Colonial Rule

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has so far nationalized 5.04 million square meters of land owned by Japanese citizens and Japanese companies during the 1910-45 colonial rule, the state procurement agency said Thursday. The official appraisal price of this land is estimated at 150 billion won (US$114 million) and the size of [...]

Moon Honors Anti-Japan Provisional Gov’t, Urges National Unity Against Virus Crisis

Moon Honors Anti-Japan Provisional Gov’t, Urges National Unity Against Virus Crisis

SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in commemorated a historic provisional government, set up against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, with a call Saturday for national unity to ride out social and economic crises from the coronavirus. “Social and economic crises that we face down the road beyond COVID-19 may be even [...]

Statue Unveiled in Seoul to Commemorate Female Independence Activists

Statue Unveiled in Seoul to Commemorate Female Independence Activists

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A statue symbolizing female independence activists who resisted Japan’s colonial rule of Korea has been installed in the heart of Seoul in commemoration of the centennial of the February 8th Independence Declaration and the March 1, 1919, Independence Movement. A Seoul-based foundation that commemorates anti-Japanese female independence activists said [...]