Picture of the Day: Cairo Declaration Monument in Egypt

In this photo taken on Oct. 1, 2015, a monument to the 1943 Cairo Declaration on Japan’s unconditional surrender and Korea’s independence stands at the Mena House Hotel in the Egyptian capital after it was unveiled during a ceremony, organized by the South Korean Embassy there. The monument has a central part of the declaration, issued by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek, inscribed that reads, “Korea shall become free and independent.” The embassy held the event to mark the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties between South Korea and Egypt, and the 70th anniversary of Korea’s independence from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. It also turned a spotlight on the declaration’s historic value. (Yonhap)