Marking the 74th anniversary of the death of Homer B. Hulbert, an American who helped Korea s independence movement in its struggle against Japanese colonization, on Thursday, Hulbert Memorial Society president Kim Dong-jin reiterated his call to the Korean government and the public to pay more attention to foreign independence fighters.
Mackenzie Migdal, an intern at Voluntary Agency Network Korea (VANK), a nonprofit group promoting Korea, received the U.S. President s Volunteer Service Award recently for her work promoting the life and contributions of Homer B. Hulbert (1863-1949), an American missionary and educator.