3.1 Movement Commemoration: Awarding Independence Merit to Yeosu's Yu Byeong-ok

While Enrolled at Yeosu Public Fisheries School in 1919, Produced 120 Taegeukgi Flags... Efforts to Find Descendants

[Gwangyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seonsik] Yeosu City in Jeonnam announced on the 7th that with the awarding of the Presidential Citation to independence activist Yu Byeong-ok from the Yeosu area on the occasion of the 103rd anniversary of the March 1st Movement, the number of independence patriots from Yeosu has increased to 64.

Yu Byeong-ok, while attending Yeosu Public Fisheries School in December 1919, made 120 Taegeukgi flags and attempted to lead the Korean Independence Movement, but was arrested by the Japanese police and expelled from school.

Yoon Chi-hong, chairman of the Yeosu Area Independence Activists' Families Association, which is promoting the project to discover independence activists, stated, “The patriotism of Yu Byeong-ok, who devoted himself to liberation, will be remembered forever by future generations. We will continue to do our best to discover independence activists who have not yet been recognized.”

A city official said, “We are proud that one more person from our region has been recognized as an independence patriot,” and added, “We will strive to ensure that the patriots and their families receive appropriate compensation for their sacrifices and contributions.”

Meanwhile, Yeosu City has designated the Yeosu Area Independence Activists' Families Association as a private contractor for discovering independence activists and operates a resource room for discovering independence activists on the third floor of the Yeosu City Veterans Hall. Last year alone, a total of five local independence patriots were discovered.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seonsik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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