Suncheon City Opens Korea's First Yeosun 10·19 Uprising History Museum

Reestablishing the Yeosun Uprising as the History of All of Us Living in the Same Era

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] On the 72nd anniversary of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, the 'Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Rebellion History Museum' was opened for the first time in South Korea in Suncheon City.

The Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion Suncheon Bereaved Families Association, a non-profit organization, remodeled the second floor of the Bereaved Families Hall (24 Isu-ro, Jangcheon-dong, Suncheon City) with support from Suncheon City to establish the history museum.

For about six months, researchers and activists belonging to the National Coalition for the Enactment of the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Special Act participated in setting exhibition themes, reviewing the history of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, and collecting exhibition materials before the opening.

The history museum consists of 18 themed panels and contains necessary information to inform about the development and damage situation of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, the government's response and distortion, efforts to uncover the truth, the historical map of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, and the history and activities of the Bereaved Families Association.

At the opening ceremony, 20 people attended, including Heo Seok, Mayor of Suncheon, So Byung-chul, Member of the National Assembly, Heo Yu-in, Chairman of the Suncheon City Council, Kwon Jong-guk, Chairman of the Emergency Committee, members of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion Suncheon Bereaved Families Association, and Park So-jung, representative of the National Coalition for the Enactment of the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Special Act.

Mayor Heo Seok of Suncheon said in his congratulatory speech, “On September 10, the 'Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Incident Special Act' was submitted to the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee, and as efforts from various sectors continue to establish the history of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion correctly, the opening of the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Rebellion History Museum in Suncheon for the first time in the country is very meaningful.” He added, “The history of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion should soon move beyond a history of memory to a history of records, and I hope the years of grief endured by the bereaved families will be compensated.”

A representative of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion Suncheon Bereaved Families Association said, “The Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Rebellion History Museum serves as a place for historical education for the younger generation and a space to comfort and heal the pain of the bereaved families. We hope that citizens visiting the museum will have an opportunity to correctly recognize the history of the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion.”

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