S. Korean gov't to honor late independence activist on March 1
- 5 years ago
정부, 유관순 열사 '3•1운동 이후 공적 평가' 훈장 추서할 듯
This Friday will mark the 100th anniversary of the March First Movement... carried out to free Korea from Japanese colonial rule.
And for the centennial, officials say the government will award a posthumous medal of honor to a heroine of the movement, Yu Gwan-sun.
Arrested for organizing protests against Japan at age 17, she was imprisoned and tortured and died before her 18th birthday.
Yu was posthumously awarded the Independence Medal in 1962, but this one is different.
That was the third highest of five levels of state honors -- this one will be either the first or second highest.
This Friday will mark the 100th anniversary of the March First Movement... carried out to free Korea from Japanese colonial rule.
And for the centennial, officials say the government will award a posthumous medal of honor to a heroine of the movement, Yu Gwan-sun.
Arrested for organizing protests against Japan at age 17, she was imprisoned and tortured and died before her 18th birthday.
Yu was posthumously awarded the Independence Medal in 1962, but this one is different.
That was the third highest of five levels of state honors -- this one will be either the first or second highest.