Hwasun-gun Hosts Academic Conference Commemorating the 104th Anniversary of Independence Activist Jigang Yang Hanmuk's Martyrdom

Reexamining the Independence Ideology and Patriotic Spirit of Teacher Yang Hanmuk Jigang

Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 25th that it held an academic conference commemorating the 104th anniversary of the death of independence activist Jigang Yang Han-mook.

The conference took place on the 22nd at the Manyeon Hall of the Hanium Culture and Sports Center in Hwasun-gun, hosted by the Jeju Yangssi Hakpogongpa Daejonghoe. About 100 people attended, including County Governor Gu Bok-gyu, National Assembly member Yang Hyang-ja, Gwangju Regional Veterans Affairs Office Chief Jeong Hong-sik, Jeju Yangssi Hakpogongpa Daejonghoe Chairman Yang Yong-seung, and related members of the Jeju Yang family.

Selected through a national veterans affairs public project, the event was organized to honor the independence ideology and patriotic spirit of Jigang Yang Han-mook, the only ethnic representative from Honam among the 33 national representatives who declared independence and was subsequently arrested by the Japanese military police and died in prison.

The first presentation, titled "Jigang Yang Han-mook and Cheondogyo Activities," was delivered and discussed by Dr. Seong Ju-hyun, editor of the "New Human History," and Professor Im Hyeong-jin of Kyung Hee University’s College of Humanities.

The second presentation, "Yang Han-mook’s Enlightenment Movement and the Attempted Assassination of Lee Wan-yong," was presented and discussed by former Suncheon University Professor Hong Young-gi and Professor Park Min-young of Wonkwang University.

The third presentation, under the theme "Yang Han-mook and the March 1st Movement," was conducted by former Independence Hall of Korea Research Institute Director Kim Yong-dal and former Senior Researcher Kim Do-hyung of the Independence Hall of Korea.

The final, fourth presentation titled "A Study of Jigang Yang Han-mook’s Classical Chinese Poetry ? The Aesthetics of Cheongsan," was led by former Kookmin University Professor Yang Hyun-seung and Professor Kim Dae-hyun of Chonnam National University’s Department of Korean Language and Literature, providing an in-depth forum for presentation and discussion.

In his congratulatory remarks, Governor Gu Bok-gyu said, “History is something we create,” and added, “We will do our best to make Hwasun-gun a land of historical culture so that the legacy of Jigang Yang Han-mook, the only ethnic representative from Honam, can resonate deeply with future generations.”

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