Woo Won-shik, the Speaker of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea, has decided not to attend the government-hosted Liberation Day ceremony on the 15th. With the appointment of Kim Hyung-seok as the new director of the Independence Hall of Korea, independence movement groups such as the Gwangbokhoe and opposition parties such as the Democratic Party and the Fatherland Innovation Party deciding not to attend the government’s official ceremony, it seems inevitable that a “half-Liberation Day” will be inevitable, as the Speaker of the National Assembly, the second-highest ranking official in the country, has also decided not to attend.
According to the Speaker’s Office on the 14th, Speaker Woo decided not to attend the government’s official celebration ceremony to be held at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 15th. An official from the Speaker’s Office said, “As the head of the legislative branch, he deliberated between protecting the Constitution and mediating between the ruling and opposition parties, and his historical responsibility as a descendant of an independence activist, and ultimately decided not to attend.”
Chairman Woo, a descendant of an independence activist, served as the chairman of the Hong Beom-do General Memorial Society. Chairman Woo attended the ‘3rd Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony for the Precious Remains of General Hong Beom-do’ held at the Daejeon National Cemetery where General Hong Beom-do’s remains are buried, and mentioned the controversy surrounding the appointment of Director Kim, saying, “I am ashamed to think about how much General Hong Beom-do must be grieving and resentful as he looks at the reality of his country.”
He said, “It is even more heartbreaking today, the day before the 79th anniversary of Liberation Day,” and “The plan to remove the bust of General Hong Beom-do from the Military Academy has not been scrapped yet, and the registration of the Sado Mine as a World Heritage Site, which conceals forced mobilization and forced labor, has deeply wounded the people.” He continued, “The people are very concerned about the historical awareness of the head of the Independence Hall of Korea,” and “It seems that the day when we regained our lost country with our own strength, the day that should have been the happiest day, has been taken away from us. It was a very, very wrong decision.”
Chairman Woo also met with Lee Jong-chan, the chairman of the Gwangbokhoe, the day before to ask for advice on whether to attend the Gwangbokjeol celebration. The Gwangbokhoe raised suspicions that the newly appointed director of the Independence Hall of Korea, Kim Hyung-seok, was a “New Right” and announced that it would not attend the Gwangbokjeol celebration.
Reporter Yoon Myeong-jin [email protected]
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