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For 57 years, Lee Jong-wook had been buried on a family plot in Busan. He had been deemed a dangerous renegade who posed a security threat to the peninsula’s Japanese occupiers. This year, he was recognized for his patriotism, and his body was moved from the family plot to the national cemetery, with full honors.