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| U.S. journalist Albert Taylor (1875-1948) / Captured from Seo Kyung-duk's Facebook account |
By Dong Sun-hwa
Albert Taylor (1875-1948), a U.S. journalist who played an important role in promoting Korea's March 1 Independence Movement against Japan's forced occupation, is being spotlighted again.
Star producer Na Young-seok ― who created popular variety shows including the "Three Meals a Day" series ― and Seo Kyung-duk, a social activist and professor of general education at Sungshin Women's University, unveiled a YouTube video featuring Taylor on Tuesday, marking the 104th anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule over the peninsula.
The four-minute clip illuminates the life of the former Associated Press (AP) correspondent who first wired Korea's Declaration of Independence to foreign media despite Japan's strict surveillance.
"The Declaration of Korea's Independence says that it represents the voice of 20,000,000 persons, speaking in the name of justice and humanity," read his 1919 article.
Taylor also laid bare the atrocities committed by Imperial Japan, including the 1919 Jeamni Massacre, where the Japanese Army killed Korean civilians in a church and burned it down to conceal any evidence of the brutality. Soldiers also killed anyone who survived.
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| Professor Seo Kyung-duk, left, and producer Na Young-seok / Captured from Seo Kyung-duk's Facebook account |
"I am so glad to have introduced Taylor with my own voice," Na, who narrated the video, said. "I hope a lot of people at home and abroad watch this clip."
Seo said, "I have shared our video on different social media platforms ... In fact, many non-Koreans contributed to our country's independence. From this video forward, I will actively promote them worldwide."
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