Anniv. of peasant revolution

Anniv. of peasant revolution

Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young reads a congratulatory message on behalf of President Lee Jae Myung during a ceremony in Seoul on May 11, 2026, to mark the 132nd anniversary of the Tonghak Peasant Revolution in 1894, in which a horde of peasant farmers who followed Donghak, a Neo-Confucian movement, rose up against the feudal system at the time to demand justice and to protect national sovereignty from Japanese invasion. (Yonhap)

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