People Power Party mourns the passing of Baek Giwan: "We will deeply cherish the late's will"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The People Power Party mourned the passing of Baek Ki-wan and expressed their determination to deeply reflect on the late's will.

On the 15th, Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the People Power Party, stated in an oral comment, "We commemorate the late Baek Ki-wan, a great elder of South Korea's democratization movement, and extend our condolences to the bereaved family."

Baek Gi-wan, director of the Unification Issue Research Institute, passed away on the 15th after a long battle with illness. He was 89 years old.
Born in 1932 in Dongbu-ri, Jangryeon-myeon, Eunyul-gun, Hwanghae Province, he devoted himself to farmers', the poor's, unification, and democratization movements from the 1950s, participating broadly in Korean social movements.
On the morning of the 15th, the portrait of the deceased was placed at the funeral hall of Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the wake was held. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Spokesperson Kim said, "The late did not yield to harsh oppression and devoted his entire life solely to the democracy of this country and the human rights of its people," adding, "It would not be an exaggeration to say that the equal society we enjoy today is also thanks to him."

She continued, "True progress seems to still awaken the dignity of life, justice, and fairness, like 'the sprout of the earth rising with a heave and a ho,' showing us the path to take," and said, "The People Power Party will deeply reflect on the late's will, who longed for a better world where the people are the owners, and will faithfully fulfill the given mission."

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