문 대통령, 임정 101주년 기념식 참석… "코로나 넘어 더 큰 위기 와도 국민 힘으로 극복"<br /><br />President Moon Jae-in says South Korea will be able to overcome the COVID-19 crisis through the unity of the people based on the spirit of independence.<br />He spoke at a ceremony to mark the 101st anniversary since the establishment of Korea's provisional government,... back when Imperial Japan ruled the Peninsula.<br />Moon said that the spirit of the people has served as a source of courage for Koreans during trying times.<br />Social and economic crises that we face down the line beyond COVID-19 may be even greater. But whatever the crisis is, we will overcome it again through the unified power of the people. I can feel the tough spirit of the independence patriots, that didn't waver despite any form of hardship, is in the hearts of our people.<br />Moon also attended a groundbreaking ceremony of a memorial hall for the provisional government which he said was to keep the spirit alive and to remember history.<br />The president stressed that the independence movement would be confirmed as the "mainstream" of the country's history,... not pro-Japanese acts during the colonial era.<br />The government-in-exile was launched on April 11th, 1919 in Shanghai... by a group of independence fighters,... following a nationwide resistance movement against Japan's colonial rule the same year.<br />
