Gyeongsangnam-do Council Proposes Consecutive Ordinances Supporting the Spirit of March 1st Movement

Ordinance on Supporting Youth Exploration Activities of Anti-Japanese and Independence Historic Sites in Gyeongsangnam-do

Ordinance on Supporting the Gyeongsangnam-do Uibyeong Movement Commemoration Project

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] On the occasion of the March 1st Movement Day, ordinances recalling the anti-Japanese spirit and the militia movement in the Gyeongnam region have been consecutively proposed.

The Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Council announced on the 3rd that Kim Young-jin of the Democratic Party of Korea proposed the "Gyeongsangnam-do Youth Anti-Japanese and Independence Historic Sites Exploration Activity Support Ordinance," and Kim Jin-gi of the same party proposed the "Gyeongsangnam-do Militia Movement Commemoration Project Support Ordinance" as representatives.

These ordinances aim to inherit the noble spirit of independence activists and militias who resisted foreign powers for national independence.

The Anti-Japanese and Independence Historic Sites Exploration Support Ordinance supports activities in which youth explore domestic and international sites where anti-Japanese and independence movements occurred to achieve national independence against Japanese colonial rule.

To this end, the governor is stipulated to establish a project plan to ensure that the exploration activities are carried out according to their purpose and to prepare measures to guarantee the safety of participating youth and their supervisors.

It also includes provisions to hold evaluation meetings on the overall exploration activities after completion to enhance the educational effect of the exploration activities.

The Militia Movement Commemoration Project Support Ordinance supports commemoration projects for the militia movements that took place in Gyeongnam from the Imjin War to before the March 1st Movement in 1919, resisting foreign powers and striving for national independence.

The governor, in cooperation with the Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education, is required to develop teaching materials and educational programs so that youth can properly understand the proud history of the militia movement and grow as democratic citizens, and to ensure that the history and spirit of the militia movement are reflected in schools at all levels and lifelong education courses.

It mainly supports projects such as discovering, maintaining, and managing militia movement historic sites; installing and managing commemorative facilities; memorial and commemoration projects for the militia movement; discovering victims and contributors of the militia movement; and collecting, preserving, managing, exhibiting, investigating, and researching historical materials related to the militia movement.

The ordinances are expected to be reviewed at the 392nd Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Council extraordinary session starting on the 16th.

Assemblyman Kim Jin-gi said, "I proposed the ordinance to preserve historic sites with historical and cultural value of the militia movement in the province and to inherit the noble spirit of our ancestors."

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