SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In a striking blend of technology and remembrance, AI-generated videos are breathing new life into Korea’s long-deceased independence fighters, captivating millions across social media platforms. From a smiling Yu Gwan-sun biting into a watermelon by a mountain stream to a tearful Yun Dong-ju quietly gazing into the distance, the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to repatriate the remains of two independence activists laid to rest in Brazil next year on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, the veterans ministry said Thursday. The remains of Kim Ki-ju and Han Ung-kyu — members of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice has granted Korean citizenship to some descendants of independence fighters against Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The ministry held a ceremony on Thursday, four days ahead of the 77th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the 1910-45 colonial rule, and issued citizenship certificates to [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s patriots ministry has discovered an old document showing the country’s independence fighters had made a proposal to the United States for staging psychological warfare against Japan during World War II, its officials said Tuesday. In the five-page document written in October 1942, a group of the activists [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — While Korean independence heroes, like Ahn Jung-geun, Yoon Bong-gil and Kim Gu, are widely revered and celebrated more than 100 years after the March 1 Independence Movement against Japanese colonizers, little is known about the women who fought alongside these men. As of 2019, which marked the 100th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government has confirmed the existence of 2,487 more independence fighters against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule through an analysis of records scattered across the country, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said Thursday. As part of a project to mark the centennial anniversary of the March 1 [...]