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Korean Independence Fighter Yu Gwan-sun Appears on Russian Edition of Wikipedia

SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Yu Gwan-sun, the South Korean independence fighter responsible for organizing the March 1 Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, was added to the Russian version of Wikipedia last Friday. The entry contained detailed information about the national hero, including her life as an independence activist, her trials, and her [...]

Textbook Row over Female Independence Fighter Continues

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government’s decision to readopt state-authored textbooks for secondary school students has escalated the controversy surrounding the omission of a revered female independence fighter in history textbooks for high school students. Until the 2014 school year, two of eight government-approved history textbooks had excluded descriptions of Yu Gwan-sun (1902-1920), [...]