Memorial service for independence fighter against Japan

Memorial service for independence fighter against Japan

Cho Eung-chon, a lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party, delivers a eulogy during a memorial service at the National Cemetery in Seoul on April 12, 2023, to mark the 54th anniversary of the death of 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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