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Moon vows exceptional respect for Korean independence fighter Hong Beom-do

2020-06-07 55 Dailymotion

문대통령 "홍범도 장군 유해 모셔와 최고예우로 보답"<br /><br />President Moon Jae-in has pledged that exceptional respect will be shown for the late Korean independence fighter Hong Beom-do once his remains are brought back to his home country and buried.<br />This was in a social media post Sunday marking the 100th anniversary of a key battle that took place in Manchuria at a site known as Bongo-dong, or in Chinese Fengwudong.<br />There, Hong Beom-do led Korean independence forces to victory, killing 157 Japanese troops and injuring some 200 others,... while the Korean forces suffered little damage.<br />Hong later died in Kazakhstan and is buried there.<br />Moon said that the victory at Bongo-dong gave the people the hope for independence,... and he highlighted that those forces included ordinary people.<br />In the struggle against COVID-19, he said, the driving force is also the people and their unity and solidarity.<br />

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