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Commemorating independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun

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By Lee Hyo-jin
  • Published Mar 26, 2023 4:09 pm KST
  • Updated Mar 26, 2023 4:09 pm KST

Kim Hwang-sik, a former Korean prime minister, lays a flower to honor anti-imperial Japan Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun in a ceremony commemorating the 113th anniversary of his death, held in Jung District, Seoul, Friday. Ahn assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, at Harbin Station Oct. 26, 1909. Kim serves as chair of the Ahn Junggeun Memorial Association. Korea Times photo by Wang Tae-seog