Opening of Birth Home Exhibition Hall Showcasing the Life of Pastor Ju Gi-cheol Who Led the Anti-Japanese Movement

Changwon Mayor Hong Nampyo: "I Will Engrave the Noble
Spirit Deep in My Heart"

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 14th the opening of a birth home exhibition hall where visitors can see the life of Pastor Ju Ki-cheol at a glance. The birth home exhibition hall is located at the Ju Ki-cheol Pastor Memorial Hall (174 Ungcheon-dong-ro, Jinhae-gu).

Opening of Pastor Ju Gi-cheol's Birthplace Exhibition Hall.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Pastor Ju Ki-cheol, who refused to participate in Shinto shrine worship during the Japanese colonial period and was martyred while leading the anti-Japanese movement.

Pastor Ju was born in Changwon and served as a pastor in Busan, Masan, and Pyongyang. He was arrested by the Japanese police in 1938 and died in prison during his incarceration.

The restoration project of Pastor Ju's birth home was carried out by the Presbyterian Church of Korea Gyeongnam Presbytery with a project cost of 130 million KRW, restoring a single hanok-style birth home building of 38.61㎡ and donating it to Changwon Special City.

The city produced and installed restoration content for the birth home with a project budget of 100 million KRW.

The Ju Ki-cheol Pastor Birth Home Exhibition Hall features ▲ the appearance of the birth home where the pastor lived ▲ reenactments of his independence movement activities ▲ visual and auditory exhibits.

About 100 people, including Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, National Assembly member Lee Dal-gon, and officials from the Presbyterian Church of Korea, attended the opening ceremony of the birth home exhibition hall within the Ju Ki-cheol Pastor Memorial Hall.

The attendees celebrated the opening of the birth home exhibition hall while honoring Pastor Ju Ki-cheol’s spirit of ‘resolute determination to die for the cause.’

Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, said, “With the opening of the birth home exhibition hall, I hope citizens can engrave in their hearts the noble spirit of Pastor Ju Ki-cheol who sacrificed for the country,” adding, “The exhibition hall will become an educational venue to widely promote his ideology and spirit.”

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