AI videos demeaning freedom fighter cast tech's dark shadow over upcoming Independence holiday AI has helped restore and colorize images of Korea’s independence activists during the Japanese colonial rule in recent years, but new videos have revealed a dark side of the technology and sparked outrage ahead of Independence Movement Day. 2026.2.26
![An image from a TikTok video featuring an AI-rendered Yu Gwan-sun (1902-1920), a teenage activist of the 1919 independence movement who died after torture in Japanese custody [SCREEN CAPTURE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12000206.jpg?imageId=12000206&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)