Chonnam National University Hosts Academic Conference Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Bongodong and Cheongsanri

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Jeonnam National University Global Diaspora Research Institute (Director Professor Kim Kyunghak) announced on the 15th that it will hold an academic conference on the 16th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Bongodong and Cheongsanri and to reflect on the historical significance of the event.

This academic conference will be held at the Surim Cultural Foundation in Seoul under the main theme, "The Transformation, Present, and Future Prospects of the Korean-Chinese Community ? From the Korean Community in Gando to the Return of Koreans to Korea."

It is co-hosted by five domestic specialized research institutions: the Overseas Korean Studies Association, the Overseas Korean Research Institute, the Chungnam Research Institute, the Inha University Institute of International Relations, and the Korea Migration and Diaspora Policy Development Institute.

The conference is organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Bongodong and Cheongsanri and to review the long historical process from the past Korean community in Gando to the present Chinese Joseonjok community, as well as to look ahead to the future.

There will be presentations and discussions across seven sessions. The subtopics for each session are ▲ The historicity of the Battle of Bongodong and Cheongsanri and the Korean community in Gando ▲ The independence movement and archiving status of the Korean community in Gando ▲ The Battle of Bongodong and Cheongsanri and Chungnam residents ▲ Transnational migration and community of Chinese Joseonjok ▲ Migration and labor of Joseonjok in Korea ▲ Return migration of overseas Koreans and legal and institutional challenges ▲ The Russian Far East Siberia and Korean overseas Koreans.

Director Kim Kyunghak said, “Inheriting the spirit of anti-Japanese independence and promoting coexistence and mutual prosperity with the Joseonjok community in Korea are major issues in our society. Especially, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Bongodong and Cheongsanri, we organized this academic conference to reflect on its historicity and to understand the overall Korean community in Gando and its transformation into the current Chinese Joseonjok society, thereby forecasting the future based on these historical events.”

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