Kim Dong-yeon "Today marks the 105th anniversary of the Anseong April 1st Uprising... Economic, Livelihood, and Democracy Regression"

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon, marking the 105th anniversary of the 'Anseong April 1st Independence Movement,' visited the site on the 1st and emphasized on his social media (SNS) that "let us all unite our efforts to pass on a prosperous homeland."

Governor Kim said on the day, "Do you know the place that achieved liberation for two days during the 36 years of Japanese colonial rule? It is Anseong," and highly praised, "The Anseong April 1st Independence Movement was a fierce resistance, ranked among the top three major armed uprisings nationwide."

He continued, "Today marks the 105th anniversary of the Anseong April 1st Independence Movement," and asked rhetorically, "What kind of country did our ancestors and forebears wish Korea to become?"

Text and photo posted by Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, on his SNS on the 1st.

He added, "Wasn't it to create a country where freedom and prosperity prevail and the people are the masters?" and continued, "(But) how do we look now? Is genuine freedom guaranteed? Is democracy regressing under elected powers? How are the economy and people's livelihoods now?"

Governor Kim further stated, "Let us all unite our efforts to pass on genuine freedom, democracy, and a prosperous homeland to our descendants," promising, "Anseong City and Gyeonggi Province will take the lead."

The Anseong April 1st Independence Movement was a large-scale demonstration that began on April 1, 1919, in Wongok-myeon and Yangseong-myeon of Anseong County, Gyeonggi Province, involving about 20,000 citizens. This movement was inspired by the March 1st Movement and was a national resistance movement demanding independence and opposing Japanese colonial rule.

Although the Anseong April 1st Independence Movement resulted in many casualties due to violent suppression by the Japanese forces, it became a catalyst for more active independence movements in the Anseong region.

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