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Late independence fighter Lee Ha-jun during an interview with JoongAng Ilbo in August 2024 [JOONGANG ILBO]

Remains of centenarian independence fighter to return home

The remains of centenarian independence activist Lee Ha-jun, who fought under the 1910-1945 Japanese colonial rule, will return home this week from the United States to be laid to rest at a national cemetery.

2026.4.20

Independence activist Lee Ui-gyeong. [YONHAP]

Independence fighter Lee Ui-gyeong's remains to return to Korea after 105 years

The remains of Korean independence fighter Lee Ui-gyeong will return home from Germany this week, 105 years after Lee left the nation, the Veterans Ministry said Tuesday.

2024.11.12

Body of Whang Ki-whan, early independence activist, returns home

The body of Whang Ki-whan, an activist and diplomat who plead the case for Korean independence at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 during Japanese colonial rule, arrived in Korea for re-burial on Monday, almost a 100 years after his death.

2023.4.10

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independence activist

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Independence fighter Lee Ui-gyeong's remains to return to Korea after 105 years

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