Memorial for independence fighter

Memorial for independence fighter

Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Kwon Oh-eul (L) and former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik pose for a photo with a calligraphy work by Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun in Seoul on March 26, 2026, during a memorial for Ahn to mark the 116th anniversary of his death. The calligraphic writing comprising eight Chinese characters refers to a phrase from the "Analects" by Confucius, meaning "to be poor without flatterers, to be rich without arrogance." The independence fighter during Japanese colonial rule of Korea was executed at a prison in China by Japanese authorities after being arrested in 1909 for assassinating Ito Hirobumi, the Japanese resident-general in Korea, at a railway station in Harbin, a city in China's Heilongjiang Province. (Yonhap)

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