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Remembering Yun Bong-gil

 
A ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the martyrdom of Yun Bong-gil, a Korean independence fighter, is held at the Hyochang Park in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Monday. Yun killed several Japanese dignitaries by setting off a bomb during the Imperial Japanese Army ceremony celebrating the birthday of Emperor Hirohito at Hongkew Park in Shanghai in April 29, 1932. He was executed by a firing squad in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. [YONHAP]

A ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the martyrdom of Yun Bong-gil, a Korean independence fighter, is held at the Hyochang Park in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Monday. Yun killed several Japanese dignitaries by setting off a bomb during the Imperial Japanese Army ceremony celebrating the birthday of Emperor Hirohito at Hongkew Park in Shanghai in April 29, 1932. He was executed by a firing squad in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. [YONHAP]

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