The Handwriting on General Hong Beom-do's Tombstone

[Asia Economy Military Specialist Yang Nak-gyu] It has been confirmed that the inscription on General Hong Beom-do's tombstone at the National Cemetery is in the 'Shin Young-bok font.' The Shin Young-bok font is based on the handwriting of the late Professor Shin Young-bok of Sungkonghoe University.

On the 19th, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced that, at the request of the Hong Beom-do General Memorial Association, the Shin Young-bok font was used on General Hong Beom-do's tombstone, which was interred at the National Daejeon Cemetery the previous day. The Memorial Association, chaired by Woo Won-shik, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, conveyed the association's opinion since General Hong Beom-do had no surviving family.

Former Professor Shin Young-bok was imprisoned in 1966 for the 'Unified Revolutionary Party Incident' and served 20 years for violating the National Security Act. He was released in 1988 under special parole, worked as a professor at Sungkonghoe University, was pardoned and reinstated in 1998, and passed away in 2016.

Since then, the Shin Young-bok font has gained popularity. It has been used for President Moon Jae-in's presidential campaign slogan "People First," the soju brand "Cheoeum Cheoreom," and the 60th anniversary motto of the National Intelligence Service established last June.

Meanwhile, at the National Daejeon Cemetery where General Hong Beom-do is interred, a national memorial altar was set up, which was visited by a total of 2,845 people over two days on the 16th and 17th, including both walk-in and drive-through visitors. The online memorial site received over 6,400 messages of gratitude and remembrance, and photos and videos of General Hong Beom-do posted on the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs' social media accumulated over one million views.

The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs plans to continue preserving and managing General Hong Beom-do's gravesite in Kazakhstan even after the repatriation of his remains. To this end, on the 17th, they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Kyzylorda Province, Kazakhstan, for the preservation and management of General Hong Beom-do's local gravesite.

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