President Moon: "Looking Back Over the Years, Everyone Is a Victim..."

After the Jeju 4·3 Victims Memorial Ceremony, Visit to 'Yeongmowon'... SNS Message, "May the Dead Close Their Eyes, and the Living Hold Hands"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] President Moon Jae-in visited 'Yeongmowon' in Hagwi-ri, Aewol-eup, Jeju on the 3rd and said through an SNS message, "After attending the 72nd Jeju 4·3 Victims Memorial Ceremony today, I paid tribute to 'Yeongmowon' located in Hagwi-ri, Aewol-eup. 'Yeongmowon' is a harmonious memorial space that commemorates independence activists from Hagwi-ri, patriotic martyrs, and 4·3 victims together."

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President Moon introduced, "In 2003, three monuments?the ‘Monument to the Spirits of Those Who Died for the Country,’ the ‘Monument to Patriotic Martyrs,’ and the ‘Memorial Monument for 4·3 Victims’?were unveiled together, and touching inscriptions are engraved on the back of those monuments."

President Moon said, "The inscription on the back of the ‘Memorial Monument for 4·3 Victims’ is especially moving, containing a passage that goes, 'Looking back over the past years, since all are victims, it means all forgive; thus, everyone together erects this monument. May the dead close their eyes, and may the living hold hands with one another.' This is the spirit of 4·3. If you ever have a chance to visit, I hope you read the full text," he urged.

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