Academic conference on independence fighter against Japan

Academic conference on independence fighter against Japan

Song Young-gil, former head of the main opposition Democratic Party, offers a silent prayer at the Press Center in Seoul on Aug. 17, 2023, during an academic conference on late independence fighter Kim Sung-sook. Kim, whose pen name was Unam, joined a group of Korean independence fighters called Uiyeoldan to fight against Japan and served as a Cabinet member of the Korean interim government during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule of Korea. (Yonhap)

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