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hong beom-do

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Memorial park for controversial freedom fighter to open in Kazakhstan

A memorial park commemorating Hong Beom-do, a revered Korean independence fighter against Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, will open at his former burial site in Kazakhstan later this week, Seoul's Veterans Ministry said Wednesday.

2023.11.1

Ending the politics of no agreement

We must break ourselves from the horrid curse of “I-live-if-you-die” rigidity so that we can all live.

2023.9.4

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A bust of Hong Beom-do, second from the right, is erected at the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. [YONHAP]

Commemorating Hong Beom-do was an attempt to improve inter-Korean ties: sources

The Yoon Suk Yeol government's push to relocate the bust of the Korean independence fighter Hong Beom-do from the military academy is to correct the attempt by the previous Moon Jae-in government to reframe the military's identity...

2023.8.31

Punish only the traitors in the Korean War

Chung should be denied not because he was a communist but because he was a war criminal.

2023.8.29

Removing heroes’ statutes on a whim (KOR)

But prudence is required to change the evaluation of historical figures.

2023.8.29

Removing heroes’ statues on a whim

But prudence is required to change the evaluation of historical figures.

2023.8.28

What a pity!

Oppenheimer who once was accused of spying for the Soviet Union may feel pity for Korean independent fighter Hong Beom-do whose bust in the Military Academy is to be relocated elsewhere for his record of serving in the Soviet Communist Party.

2023.8.28

A bust of freedom fighter Hong Beom-do, located in front of the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan District, central Seoul, is seen Monday. The Defense Ministry said this bust could also be relocated after announcing plans last week to possibly remove busts of alleged communist-affiliated independence activists erected in front of the Korea Military Academy. [YONHAP]

Plan to move freedom fighters’ busts sparks ideological clash

The Defense Ministry is considering the relocation of the busts of late Korean freedom fighters with alleged communist affiliations both from a military academy and its own headquarters, a move spurring ideological debate and controversy.

2023.8.28

The remains of Hong Beom-do, a revered Korean independence fighter who died in Kazakhstan 78 years ago, arrive in a flag-draped casket for his burial ceremony attended by President Moon Jae-in, First Lady Kim Jung-sook, party leaders, ministers, diplomats and other dignitaries Wednesday morning at the Daejeon National Cemetery. [YONHAP]

Freedom fighter Hong Beom-do buried at national cemetery

Some 78 years after his death, Hong Beom-do, a revered Korean freedom fighter whose remains were repatriated from Kazakhstan three days ago, was buried at a national cemetery in his home country Wednesday.

2021.8.18

President Moon Jae-in, left, and Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev are greeted by an honor guard in a welcome ceremony held at the Blue House in central Seoul Tuesday. The Kazakh president was on a two-day state visit for a summit with Moon and is the first foreign leader to make a trip to Korea since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. [NEWS1]

Korean and Kazakh leaders agree to expand cooperation

President Moon Jae-in held a summit with Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Tuesday and agreed to expand the two countries’ strategic partnership in areas including the fourth industrial revolution and other new industries.

2021.8.17

Tag: hong beom-do

hong beom-do

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Commemorating Hong Beom-do was an attempt to improve inter-Korean ties: sources

Punish only the traitors in the Korean War

Removing heroes’ statutes on a whim (KOR)

Removing heroes’ statues on a whim

What a pity!

Plan to move freedom fighters’ busts sparks ideological clash

Freedom fighter Hong Beom-do buried at national cemetery

Korean and Kazakh leaders agree to expand cooperation