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A previously undisclosed calligraphic work of independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910), created just days before his execution, fetched 1.3 billion won ($976,000) at an auction Tuesday.
As Liberation Day approaches, a creative ballet performance titled "An Jung-geun: A Dance in the Heaven" is scheduled to take place at the Mapo Art Center on Aug. 11-12. The performance draws its inspiration from the last words of An, a Korean independence activist who, moments before his execution at Lushun Prison in China in March 1910, declared, “When the day comes that I hear of Korea’s inde...
Star novelist's 'Harbin' on Korean independence fighter becomes bestseller
Oct. 26, 1909, a year before Korea was annexed by the Japanese Empire, is remembered by Koreans as a day when independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910) pulled the trigger on Ito Hirobumi, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident-general of Korea, upon his arrival in China's Harbin.
Ballet explores independence fighter's last moments