Picture of the Day: China Donates Ahn Jung-geun Statue to City of Uijongbu
A project to set up the donated statue of Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun is underway at a park in Euijeongbu, north of Seoul, on Aug. 8, 2017. The Charhar Institute, a Chinese civic think tank, donated the statue to the city to promote friendship between the two countries. The Korean national hero shot and killed Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor-general of the Korean Peninsula, at a railway station in the Chinese city of Harbin in 1909. The statue depicts Ahn pulling out a gun to shoot the governor while running toward him. (Yonhap)
That is nice and all but what does it have to do with Euijongbo. Ahn was born Haeju, Korea died in China. Don’t see a connection to Euijongbo.
I love how readily they call him a freedom fighter but are still hesitant to consider Kim Jae Gyu anything but an assassin. :hmm:
Killing Japanese good, killing Koreans bad…