SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial park commemorating Hong Beom-do, a revered Korean independence fighter against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, will open at his former burial site in Kazakhstan later this week, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Wednesday. South Korea had pledged to build the memorial at the site in Kyzylorda in southern Kazakhstan [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of a Korean independence fighter, who campaigned in Europe and the United States against Japan’s 1910-45 colonization, returned home from New York on Monday, a century after his death. A ceremony for the repatriation and burial of Hwang Ki-hwan’s remains took place at the Daejeon National Cemetery [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of a Korean independence fighter who inspired a hit 2018 TV series will return home from the United States next week a century after his death, the veterans ministry said Tuesday. The remains of Hwang Ki-hwan, currently laid to rest at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New York, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of Hong Beom-do, a historic Korean independence fighter, were brought home from Kazakhstan on Sunday, 78 years after his death in the Central Asian nation. President Moon Jae-in received and honored his remains at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, as Korea marked Liberation [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Senate of the U.S. state of Maryland has adopted a resolution marking the 100-year death anniversary of a Korean activist who fought for independence from Japanese colonial rule. The resolution, passed Jan. 13 on Korean American Day, says the Senate offers its sincerest congratulations to Yu Gwan-sun, who [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean government agency said Tuesday it has uncovered Russian newspaper articles on the burial site of revered Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun, possibly providing a new clue to the whereabouts of his long-lost remains. The National Archives of Korea (NAK) disclosed 24 Russian newspaper stories, which were [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial service was held in Seoul on Tuesday to mark the 109th anniversary of the death of Ahn Jung-geun, a revered Korean independence hero who assassinated a prominent Japanese colonial leader more than a century ago. The Association for the Commemoration of Patriotic Martyr Ahn Jung-geun hosted the [...]
YEONGDONG, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A gigantic zelkova tree in North Chungcheong Province is known as the “independence fighter tree,” having been around for approximately 350 years in the small village of Bakgye-ri in Haksan-myeon, Yeongdong-gun. The tree got its nickname after villagers climbed up to keep watch over Japanese military police during the [...]