A group of independence fighters’ descendants criticized the defense ministry, Thursday, for the Korea Military Academy s attempt to relocate the bust of independence fighter Hong Beom-do due to his past record of collaborating with Soviet communist forces.
A plan to build a park in Gwangju in honor of communist composer Jeong Yul-seong, who was born in the city in southwestern Korea, has sparked sharp division in public opinion..
The last surviving Korean independence fighter living in Japan will return home early next week, Seoul s veterans ministry said Thursday, just days before Korea marks the anniversary of liberation from Japan s 1910-45 colonial rule.