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President Moon express hope of finding remains of independence fighters

2018-08-16 2 Dailymotion

Our top story this morning...<br />President Moon Jae-in marked Korea's Liberation Day on Wednesday with a speech praising the independence activists who sacrificed so much for the freedom of Korea from Japan's colonial rule.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo reports. <br /> Korea is celebrating its independence from Japanese imperial rule at the end of the Second World War 73 years ago on August 15th. <br />For the first time, the official ceremony was held in what President Moon called the "heart of Seoul," Yongsan-gu District -- a place long home to the U.S. military's main base in South Korea, and a large part of which was not administered by the Korean government but by its ally, the United States.<br /> There, President Moon Jae-in expressed his hope of finding the remains of those who sacrificed themselves for the freedom of their country.<br /><br /> "Just as Yongsan was lost to us for so long, the history of the independence movement and its heroes still awaits us."<br /><br /> The President noted that over the past year, the government has been awarding national merits to those freedom fighters, many of them posthumously.<br />And he promised that everyone -- without distinction to gender or what role they played -- will get the praise and respect they deserve.<br /> Korea's independence movement will reach fruition,... he said,... once the remains of the independence fighters are found and excavated.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News. <br />

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