New York enacts Yu Gwan-sun Day

New York enacts Yu Gwan-sun Day

Members of the New York City Council pose for a photo with a resolution on the enactment of Yu Gwan-sun Day on Feb. 27, 2024, ahead of the 105th anniversary of Korea's March 1, 1919 Independence Movement Day, in this photo provided by the Museum of Korean American Heritage in New York. Yu died at age 18 in Seodaemun Prison in Seoul, where the young female independence fighter was imprisoned and tortured by the imperialist Japan for organizing and staging the nationwide movement against the Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910-45). (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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