Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Taiwan Research Center Holds Academic Conference on Four Great Independence Activists of Korea

The Taiwan Research Center at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies will jointly host the "Re-examining the Four Great Independence Activists of Korea: A Scholarly Conference on An Jung-geun, Cho Myung-ha, Lee Bong-chang, and Yun Bong-gil" with the Cho Myung-ha Activist Research Association on the 13th at the Minerva Complex International Conference Room of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

This event is organized as the first occasion in Korea to reflect on the actions of the four great independence activists of Korea.

Attending the event will be Cho Kyung-hwan, the great-grandson of Cho Myung-ha, who devoted himself to the independence movement, including the assassination of Prince Kuninomiya Kuniyoshi, the Emperor's father-in-law and an army general, in Taichung, Taiwan in 1928.

The presentations, composed of two sessions honoring the achievements and historical significance of the four great activists, will be led by Professor Kim Jeong-eun of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Professor Kim Ju-yong of Wonkwang University, Director Lee Seong-seop, and Professor Hwang Jae-moon of Seoul National University. This will be followed by a comprehensive panel discussion under the theme "Independence Movement and Commemoration Projects, and the Homeland in the Global Era?"

Professor Kim Sang-ho of Taiwan Shuping University of Science and Technology explained, "We aim to re-examine the fact that An Jung-geun, Cho Myung-ha, Lee Bong-chang, and Yun Bong-gil were truly great figures who sacrificed their lives for their homeland, and to hold a session to reconsider 'What is the homeland?' in the 21st-century global era."

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