A decision by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, Monday, to pick former President Syngman Rhee as the independence fighter of January, is rekindling controversy over the conservative Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration’s push to honor historical figures selectively based on their ideologies.
In the National Policy Committee of the National Assembly on Thursday, the Democratic Party of Korea, which holds a majority in the Assembly, passed a bill to treat democratization movement contributors as “persons of distinguished service to the state,” amid protest by members of the ruling People Power Party. In a bid to prevent the opposition party from rushing the bill, the People Power Party requeste.
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Lee Il-nam, a prominent figure in the Korean independence movement during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial period and leader of an underground anti-Japan organization, passed away at the age of 98. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs confirmed his death, stating that he succumbed to illness at Daejeon St. Mary s Hospital on Nov. 30.