'Mapo Shelter' Director Son Mo, Funeral Chief is Lee Nayoung, Director of Justice and Reconciliation Foundation

Justice Network holds Director Son Mo's funeral as 'Women, Human Rights, and Peace Civic Funeral'
'Kim Bokdong's Hope,' co-led by Director Son Mo
Memorial events on evenings of 8th-9th at funeral hall... Burial on 10th

On the 7th, in front of Peace Our Home in Mapo-gu, Seoul, waiting for Yoon Mee-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, at the site where Mr. A, the director of the Mapo Shelter of the Solidarity for Justice and Memory, was found dead. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The funeral of Son Mo (60), the director of 'Peace Our Home (Mapo Shelter),' a living space for former Japanese military comfort women who passed away on the 6th, will be held as a women's, human rights, and peace civic funeral. The chief mourner is Lee Na-young, the chairperson of Justice Memory Solidarity (Jeonguiyeon).

On the 8th, Justice Memory Solidarity and the bereaved family set up Son's funeral hall at the Severance Hospital funeral home in Sinchon, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. The chief mourners were Lee Na-young, Chairperson of Justice Memory Solidarity, and Kim Young-soon, the executive representative of the Korean Women's Associations United. The funeral organizers planned to receive visitors from 3 p.m. that day. Son's funeral procession is scheduled for the 10th.

The co-funeral committee chairpersons will include Chairperson Lee, Korea Yeom, the operating chairperson of Justice Memory Solidarity, and Kim Eon-gyeong, the secretary general of the Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media, representing civic organizations. Additionally, the funeral organizers are allowing citizens to register as funeral committee members online.

Meanwhile, 'Kim Bok-dong's Hope,' a support group for Korean schools in Japan, where the late Son served as co-representative, will hold memorial events for Son at the funeral home on the evening of the 8th at 7 p.m. and again on the evening of the 9th at 7 p.m. over two days.

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