Gumi-si, Gyeongbuk, Holds 93rd Memorial Ceremony for Patriot Jang Jin-hong

On the 31st, Gumi City in Gyeongbuk held the ‘93rd Memorial Ceremony for Jang Jin-hong’ in front of the statue of Jang Jin-hong inside Dongnak Park, organized by the Gwangbokhoe Gumi Branch.

About 100 people, including the family of Jang Jin-hong, Jang Se-gu, Vice Chairman of the City Council, provincial and city council members, heads of veterans’ organizations, and citizens, attended the event to honor Jang Jin-hong’s sacrifice.

Jang Jin-hong, born in 1895 in Okgyedong, Gumi City, was a prominent local independence activist. His representative act of resistance was the 1927 bomb incident at the Daegu branch of the Joseon Bank.

In 1927, Jang learned bomb-making techniques from bomb expert Horikiri Musaburo and personally made bombs which he delivered to the Daegu branch of the Joseon Bank, injuring five people including bank employees and police officers with serious wounds. He later committed suicide in Daegu Prison on July 31, 1930, one day before his scheduled execution, becoming a martyr.

Gumi City Deputy Mayor Kim Ho-seop is delivering a memorial speech at the 93rd anniversary memorial service for Teacher Jang Jin-hong.

The government recognized his meritorious service and posthumously awarded Jang Jin-hong the Order of Independence Merit in 1962. In June 1995, he was also selected as the ‘Independence Activist of the Month’ by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

The memorial ceremony proceeded in the order of the national anthem, official report, family greetings, memorial address, flower offering and incense burning, and memorial performances. At the event, students from Seonju Elementary School’s musical club sang the memorial song “Spring is Coming.”

Jang Se-gu, Vice Chairman of the Gwangbokhoe Gumi Branch, said, “We express deep gratitude and respect for Jang Jin-hong’s dedication to the country and nation, and we will inherit and develop his ideology and values.”

Kim Ho-seop, Vice Mayor of Gumi City, said, “We will reflect on the spirit of patriotism of the teacher who devoted himself solely to the country rather than personal safety and sublimated it as the spiritual driving force for the development of Gumi.”

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