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Acting President Choi Sang-mok delivers a commemorative address during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement in central Seoul on March 1, 2025. [YONHAP]

Acting President Choi emphasizes 'national unity' to mark March 1 Independence Movement

Acting President Choi Sang-mok underscored the need for "national unity," saying South Korea is facing deepening conflicts and divisions as the nation commemorated the anniversary of the 1919 independence movement against Japan's colonial rule.

2025.3.1

Hands on preparing for March 1 Independence Movement

Children leave handprints to make a Taegeukgi, the Korean national flag, at an event at a bookstore in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Feb. 27, ahead of the 106th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement.

2025.2.27

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President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement at the Yu Gwan-sun Memorial Hall in Jung District, central Seoul, on Friday. [YONHAP]

President calls Korea, Japan 'partners' at March 1 address

Speaking at a commemoration ceremony, the president said that the two countries “are working together to overcome the painful past” and share “the values of freedom, human rights and the rule of law” in their “pursuit of common interests.”

2024.3.1

The area around Sejong-daero in central Seoul is being controlled by police during a rally marking the March 1 Independence Movement holiday on March 1, 2023. [NEWS1]

Thousands expected at rally to mark March 1 Independence Movement

A large-scale rally will be held in downtown Seoul to mark the March 1 Independence Movement holiday, with tens of thousands of people expected to be in attendance, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced Thursday.

2024.2.29

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

A military honor guard escorts the casket containing the remains of Whang Ki-hwan. The guard at the head of process is carrying his portrait. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

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

[Editorial] Moment for reciprocation from Tokyo

It is not the time to turn their back on one another but the time to squarely face themselves for a better future.

2023.3.1

President Yoon Suk Yeol during a meeting on the biohealth industry at the Blue House's Yeongbingwan in Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

President Yoon to propose blueprint for future prosperity

President Yoon’s speech will include looking back on Korea’s past as well as its current state while reminding us of the historic significance of the March 1 Independence movement during tomorrow’s commemoration speech.

2023.2.28

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

Prove sincerity with action (KOR)

In a nationally televised speech on Monday marking the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, President Moon Jae-in stressed the importance of future-oriented...

2021.3.1