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We shared same history

then, how does North Korea interpret the independence martyrs who sacrificed their country?

Patriotic An Jung Gun

North Korea view of him

Patriotic An Jung Gun

South Korea view of him

https://www.i815.or.kr/data2/ganhaeung/thesis/2003/0312045.pdf

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이쾌대 '군상 I'(1948)

Lee Quede, A large group of people series-1, (1948)

https://www.jungle.co.kr/magazine/9747

이쾌대, '군상 II'(1948)

Lee Quede, A large group of people series-2, (1948)

https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=ipssinhada2&logNo=222308579654

이쾌대, '군상 III'(1948)

Lee Quede, A large group of people series-3, (1948)

https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=ipssinhada2&logNo=222308579654

이쾌대, '군상 4'(1948)

Lee Quede, A large group of people series-4, (1948)

https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=ipssinhada2&logNo=222308579654

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'Red Room' (Red Room, 2021, Mixed media, Dimensions variable with variable size) containing the blood and aspirations shed by women independence activists <Photo=Courtesy of Hakgojae>

Portrait of NAM Ja-hyeon, March 30, 2020 Color pigment on Hanji, 210x94cm. <Photo = provided by Hakgojae>

http://yunsuknam.com/zboard/zboard.php?id=news&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=220

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In the meantime, I've been exploring my identity, where my blood came from, who my ancestors were and how they and I are different now. Korea has grown rapidly in a short period of time unlike other countries, despite Japanese colonization about 100 years ago and the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 and the Korean War. In that rapid change, a lot has improved and many important things have been missed. Since Korea does not have any special designated resources, it has been running tirelessly for over 50 years since the Korean War, thinking that people are resources. I came to face the reality that Korean people, including myself, are sick in their hearts, but they live without realizing it. The first thing I felt was that, as we grew rapidly through competition, being aware of each other almost became pathological.

So, I also drew pictures of the gazes that attack each other. I want many Koreans to see my work and slowly take the steps to become aware of their wounds and heal them. Koreans live by whipping themselves. To Koreans who don't know how to take a break because they live in a rush and competition from work,

grateful to the martyrs who protected our country, while at the same time looking back on our history and being aware of the fact that we have run fast in such a short time. It is time to comfort.

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''님의 침묵/한용운

님은 갔습니다.

아아 사랑하는 나의 님은 갔습니다.

푸른 산빛을 깨치고 단풍나무 숲을 향하여

난 작은 길을 걸어서 차마 떨치고 갔습니다.

황금의 꽃같이 굳고 빛나던 옛 맹세는 차디찬 티끌이 되어서

한숨의 미풍에 날아갔습니다.

날카로운 첫키스의 추억은 나의 운명의 지침을 돌려놓고 뒷걸음쳐서 사라졌습니다.

나는 향기로운 님의 말소리에 귀먹고 꽃다운 님의 얼굴에 눈멀었습니다.

사랑도 사람의 일이라 만날 때에 미리 떠날 것을 염려하고 경계하지 아니한 것은

아니지만, 이별은 뜻밖의 일이 되고 놀란 가슴은 새로운 슬픔에 터집니다.

그러나 이별을 쓸데없는 눈물의 원천을 만들고 마는 것은, 스스로 사랑을 깨치는 것인 줄

아는 까닭에 걷잡을 수 없는 슬픔의 힘을 옮겨서 새 희망의 정수박이에 들어부었습니다.

우리는 만날 때에 떠날 것을 염려하는 것과 같이 떠날 때에 다시 만날 것을 믿습니다.

아아, 님은 갔지만은 나는 님을 보내지 아니하였습니다.

제 곡조를 못이기는 사랑의 노래는 님의 침묵을 휩싸고 돕니다.''

The Silence of Love

Han Yong-Un

translated by Alex Rose

My love has gone. My sweet love has gone. Torn away from me and gone, down the short path that formed, towards the severed mountain light and maple grove. Promises of old, once as firm and as bright as the Golden Flower, turn into dust, floating away in a single breath. The piercing memories of that first kiss, which spun the threads of my fate, retreat then evanesce.

I was blinded by your beauty, deafened by your sweet voice.

Love is a man’s affair. Despite the careful eye we kept and fear we held for parting when we first met, my heart tore afresh with grief at such a sudden farewell. Yet, I know that making farewell the source of all these futile tears will only crush love itself. So I take these uncontrollable forces of sorrow and baptize myself in new hope.

Just as we dread parting when we meet, we believe that we’ll meet again when we part.

Oh, my love has gone. But, I didn't send her away.

The song of love, overcome by its own melody, wraps itself around the silence of love.

https://m.blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?isHttpsRedirect=true&blogId=elguapo81&logNo=20171246058

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Yun Dong-ju's poetry collection <Photo source: Yonhap News>

"서시 / 윤동주

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죽는 날까지 하늘을 우러러

한 점 부끄럼이 없기를,

잎새에 이는 바람에도

나는 괴로워했다.

별을 노래하는 마음으로

모든 죽어가는 것을 사랑해야지.

그리고 나한테 주어진 길을

걸어가야겠다.

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오늘 밤에도 별이 바람에 스치운다."

“하늘과 바람과 별과 시” (정음사, 1948)

"Prologue

Yun Dong-ju"

Until the day I die

I long to have no speak of shame

when I gaze up toward heaven,

so I have tormented myself,

even when the wind stirs the leaves.

With a heart that sing the stars,

I will love all dying things.

And I will walk the way

that has been given to me.

Tonight, again, the wind brushes the stars."

“Sky and Wind, Stars and Poems” (Jeongeumsa, 1948)

Translated by Dr. Chae-Pyong("J.P.") Song 송재평 교수 & Anne Rashid

Korean poetry in Translation https://jaypsong.blog/

Yun Dong-ju(1917 - 1945) was born in Myeongdongchon, Bukgando, in present-day North Korea. He was known for lyric poetry as well as resistance poetry against Japanese colonialism.

In this work, the narrator reflects on his mistakes through self-reflection. It shows his determination and will to live a pure life without shame.the tone of poet Yun Dong-ju's works is not strong, so it might think that strong will does not appear, but it is not

the poems of poet Yun Dong-ju has similar patterns,

First, they reflect on their past mistakes through self-reflection. And it shows the will to live the right life. Even if it's forced to sacrifice one's own.

In addition, the monologue and confessional tone stands out because one's heart, thoughts, and resolve become the central content of the poem. In this poem, he is a being who seeks innocence, he reacts sensitively to his own moral flaws. And he suffers because of himself being swayed by temptations like the wind. With a ‘heart that sings the stars’, that is, a heart that sings innocence and hope, he decides to love all living things and our people who suffering from Japanese . Because 'all dying things' must have life to die. And he shows determination and will to walk the 'path given to me'. He's going to walk a pure life without shame. He vowed to lead a righteous life like this about the future, but reality is 'night'. And he brushes against the wind that the 'star' he considers ideal is a negative being. He thinks that a pure life is the right thing to do is a difficult present and reality. However even in these difficult circumstances, he will lead a pure and clean life as same in the poetry, and just like the life of poet Yun Dong-ju.

He seems to have thought insignificantly that he was writing or writing during the Japanese colonial period. At that time, Japan considered it dangerous to contain the spirit of Korea in writings and characters, so they captured and suppressed many literary writers so that they could not write. Poetry is equally valuable, but he seems to have valued the active independence movement more. So, he seems to have remained as a masterpiece for his posterity by using his talents to comfort others, and to write poems that reflect and reflect on himself. The way we criticize ourselves, not the generous appearance of being comfortable with ourselves, makes us realize the shame of our present state of affairs.

These are films about martyrs

-Yun Bong-gil, who killed the Japanese prime minister with a lunchbox bomb

-Yu Gwan-soon, who led the March 1st Movement.

ect..

In the future, I will investigate how these films contain the martyrs and focus on the things they have saved.

I will seek advice from an acquaintance who is studying history.

'How would we live if we hadn't been independent from Japan?'

'What is the future plan to recover the remains of independence martyrs from China and Japan?'

'What were the lives and feelings of the families of the martyrs at the time?'

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This scene is a reconstructed based on the facts of the scene where the independence fighters are tortured by the Japanese police.

(The Independence Hall Of Korea)

Seon Woo-hoon, an independence activist who was arrested and tortured in the case of the 105 people in 1912, described the torture method of the Japanese police as follows:

- Rub neck and body with your fists and shoes.

- To put an iron bar between your fingers, tighten the fingertips, and then pull.

- To drive nails and bamboos between the nails and toenails.

- A method of locking in a completely sealed cell for several tens of days and not giving any food.

- A method of making an ice pillar by taking off clothes on a very cold day, tying it to a faucet, and pouring cold water over it.

- To grind your bare body with a leather whip and a bundle of bamboo.

-To nail a plank and make it lie on top of it.

- A method of tying both thumbs, raising one arm over the chest and shoulder and grinding the other arm

- To seared an iron or a cigarette, after applying oil all over the body .

- holding oak trees facing each other from both sides and sweeping them from top to bottom.

- While opening the mouth, then pulling out the tongue, and inserting cigarette smoke into the airway.

- When you pass out, cover your face with paper and pour water on it.

- A method of letting the hair fall out by dangling the body around the circumference of a one-jeon coin.

- A method of hitting the stone floor, dragging the head and ears, beating it, and then throwing it on the stone floor.

- To pour hot water over your nose and hang it upside down or roll over.

- To stun by opening your mouth and shoveling coal dust with a stick.

- A method of gagging your mouth, holding your hair on a shelf, and throwing it in a narrow space where you cannot sit or stand.

- A method of having a banquet in front of a person after starving for several days.

- A method of tying the ends of the beard to each other and pulling it until it falls out.

- A method in which a confession is finally forced under the guise of the death penalty, and if they do not comply, they are shot with fear and fainted.

Photo Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images

The history of torture is as old as the history of mankind. Humans are animals that can stand upright and can speak. At the same time, they are the only race on this planet that has refined the technology to inflict pain on their people. So maybe torture is part of humanity. Torture methods, which were originally launched for the purpose of punishment, appear to be more systematized as other purposes of obtaining information are later combined. But torture has always, at least seemingly, always had two functions: punishment and intelligence. In particular, where there is a tradition of relying on the confession of a suspect instead of a scientific investigation centered on physical evidence, torture has always been the main investigative technique. In medieval England, the confession of a suspect who had not been tortured was not even acknowledged as true. And torture was also a means for those in power to confirm their power and easily obtain what they wanted. In the Middle Ages, when religion and politics were not separated, the 'witch hunt' used by religious authorities as a means to eliminate opposition, secure political power through fear, and extort property as a bonus is the best example of this kind of torture function.

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Indomitable Korean people statue in Gyeole's house of The Independence Hall Of Korea

Photo reference: https://www.nahonza.com/113

-Starting point

When I was 9 years old, I lived nearby The Independence Hall Of Korea which commemorative commemorating Korea's independence from Japan. There was a well-maintained park there, so I used to go biking and inline skating once or twice a week. Inside the building, there were objects and writings showing how Korea was able to become independent from Japan. As a young child, I did not understand it.

photo reference:

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The scene where he was dying was so shocking to me. It was terrifying to be able to be so cruel to people, so I must have covered my eyes. I couldn't believe that something unimaginable in today's ordinary life had happened on this land I was treading on. The Japanese colonial period refers to the 35-year period (1910-1945) when Korea was colonized by Japanese imperialism. In order to completely colonize Korea, Japan tried to erase its ethnicity by destroying its language and culture. In his example, he had to change his surname to a Japanese surname. They committed slaughter, violence, rape, and looting of Koreans (the Holocaust) for no reason, and the independence activists caught during the independence movement were imprisoned and tortured at an unbearable intensity as a human being. Unless they abandon their country, torture continues until death. became These tortures, such as pouring hot water over the nose and hanging upside down or rolling over them, driving bamboo nails between the nails and toenails on a very cold day, tying them to a faucet and pouring cold water over them to make ice pillars, do not yield to death. There are independence activists who risked their lives to fight without bending their patriotism for the country.

3. 1 Movement

photo and video reference: https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3437795

The March 1st Movement was an anti-Japanese independence movement in which the entire nation revolted against Japanese colonial rule on March 1, 1919. Starting with the reading of the Declaration of Independence at Tapgol Park in Jongno, Seoul on March 1, it spread from cities to rural areas, and from Korea to overseas, a historic moment that revealed the strong will of our people to the world for independence. In particular, the March 1st Movement was the largest national movement that took place during the Japanese colonial period and the first large-scale independence movement that took place in the colonies of the victorious countries after World War I.

[Naver Knowledge Encyclopedia] March 1st Movement (Presentation Dictionary, pmg Knowledge Engine Research Center)

Number of participants and damage situation for 3.1 Movement

These statistics are based on the report of the Yeongjeongdo (聯通制) organized and operated in Korea, so they are only the damage situation at the time of the independence movement.

Photo reference: https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=794929&cid=46623&categoryId=46623

These statistics are just the damage situation at the time of the independence movement. Even after the independence movement ended, the Japanese military and police were frantic to find the instigator and killed and set fire, so it is estimated that the number of victims would have been much higher. And a significant number of the seriously injured died, and there were also many people who were killed or executed, so the number of deaths will be much higher than this.

[Naver Encyclopedia of Knowledge] March 1st Movement [Three-One Movement] (Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture, Central Research Institute of Korean Studies)

This document is a record of the sentence of martyr Yu Gwan-soon, who was caught while leading the national independence movement by handing out Taegeukgi(Korean flag) to the crowd at the Byeongcheon (Aunae) market during the March 1st Movement.

[Source] Yu Gwan-sun (柳寬順) Martyr's Confinement Record | Author Independence Hall of Korea

Yu Gwan-soon is martyr who led the 3.1 national independence movement at the Aunae Market. She prepared the demonstration by making the Taegeukgi which is the national flag of Korea herself, and walked dozens of miles from village to village to spread the news of the national independence movement. Then, martyr Yu Gwan-soon, who was caught by the Japanese police, was imprisoned in Seodaemun Prison, and while in prison, she continued the movement for national independence and died in prison on September 28, 1920.

For their sacrifice, I feel and express my gratitude that I can learn and live my culture in my own language. Korea could exist today because of the independence activists and martyrs who gave their lives for the country without losing their will and courage despite the harsh torture and difficult conditions. Living with gratitude and not forgetting this fact is the least we should do.

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Yoon Bong-gil, Kim Goo were the fighters for independence during the Japanese colonial period.