KOREAN NET

- A memorial ceremony held in Dalian and Harbin where there were anti-Japanese movements
- More than 200 people, including lawmakers and students from the Dalian Korean International School, attended the memorial ceremony held in Dalian and Harbin

A memorial ceremony was held in the area where Ahn Jung-geun campaigned for anti-Japanese movement to mark the 113th anniversary of Ahn Jung-geun's death.

On the 26th, a memorial ceremony commemorating 113th anniversary of Ahn Jung-geun's death was held at the Lushun Prison Memorial Hall in Dalian, China.

The Dalian City Korean Association hosted a memorial ceremony for the first time in three years due to the COVID-19 quarantine policy imposed by the Chinese government.

More than 300 people, including lawmakers Seol Hoon, Jeong Tae-ho, and Park Young-soon of the Democratic Party of Korea, Kwak Young-hee, head of the Dalian Consulate Office, Chairperson Yoo Dae-sung of the Dalian City Korean Association, and students of the Dalian Korean International School attended the ceremony and paid tribute to Ahn Jung-geun who died during the anti-Japanese movement.

"When I see the desk of Ahn's cell in Lushun Prison, where Ahn wrote the Theory of the Peace in the East, I am feel very humbled,” said Yang Ki-dae, a lawmaker who attended the memorial ceremony. He added that "five lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties who attended the ceremony decided to establish a ‘group for the return of Ahn Jung-geun's remains’ which are still unknown where they are.”

He added, "When the group is formed, we will continuously ask cooperation of the Japanese government through visits to Japan in the future, and in Ahn’s will, he hoped that his remains to be returned to Korea after liberation."

About 200 attendants of the memorial ceremony for Ahn Jung-Geun in Dalian, held after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19

A memorial ceremony was hled in Harbin where Ahn Jung-Geun shot Ito Hirobumi.

The memorial ceremony was hosted by the Harbin Korean Association of China and organized by the Shenyang Council of the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification Committee at the Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall at Harbin Station with around 40 people.

The Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall is situated at Harbin Railway Station in Heilongjiang Province. The hall was opened in January 2014, following the renovation of the VIP waiting room, which is located in front of the spot where Ahn assassinated Ito Hirobumi. However, it was later demolished in March 2017 due to the renovation of Harbin Railway Station. Fortunately, it was reconstructed at the same spot and reopened on March 21, 2019.

A poster of the memorial ceremony held at the Ahn Jung-Geun Memorial Hall in Harbin, where Ahn Jung-Geun shot Ito Hirobumi

Meanwhile, Ahn Jung-geun, who was born in Hwanghae-do Province in 1879, moved to Shanghai after the Convention Treaty (Eulsa Treaty) in 1905, and returned to build Samheung School and Donui School to foster talent at his own expenses.

Ahn went abroad to raise an army when the country reached a colonial state, such as the abdication of Emperor Gojong and the dissolution of the army. In 1908, he became the commander of the army and entered Hamgyeongbuk-do Province, fighting against the Japanese army in Kyungheung and other areas.
Later, around 9 PM on October 26, Ahn took three shots at Ito Hirobumi at Harbin Railway Station and successfully assassinated him. After that, Ahn claimed the complete independence of his country and died on March 27 after being sentenced to death on February 14, 1910.