[사회]’Unification activist’ Paik Ki-wan dies at 89…

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Unification activist Paik Ki-wan passed away at the age of 89.

Condolences from all walks of life continued.

Colleagues couldn’t hide their sadness, saying that they seemed to have lost their family when the deceased, who had been thrown into the progressive movement for a long time, left.

Reporter Park Hee-jae reports.

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The late Ki-wan Baek, director of the Institute for Unification Studies, smiles cheerfully in black and white photos in Yeongjeong.

After the Lunar New Year holidays, he died at Seoul National University Hospital.

89 years old.

After being hospitalized for pneumonia since January of last year, the illness worsened after fighting the disease.

[양기환 / 문화다양성협회 상임이사 : (새벽) 4시 45분에 운명하셨습니다. 선생님께서. 급히 제자들과 뜻을 같이하는 사람들이 모였고….]

It is said that his will was left behind because his energy was weak.

The last post left in the midst of the struggle was the four letters of’Nonamegi’, a Korean word written by the deceased during his lifetime.

It is a word that contains the thought of the deceased, meaning’Let’s work together and live right.’

[백원담 / 故 백기완 선생 큰딸 : 아버님께서 마지막에 쓴 글귀를 나중에 제가 공개를 해드리겠습니다. ‘노나메기’라고 쓰셨습니다.]

In Vinso, there was a procession of condolences by people from all walks of life and citizens.

Looking at the deceased, who had been involved in the unification movement for a lifetime, his colleagues couldn’t hide their sadness, saying that his family seemed to have left.

[백낙청 / 서울대 명예교수 : 민중운동의 큰 어른이셨고 나에게 형님 같은 분이셨어요. 돌아가셔서 너무나….]

For labor activists, it is good for him to wear a white costume and stay at various meeting sites.

[김미숙 / 김용균 재단 이사장 : 두루마기 입고 (TV에) 나온 것만 봤는데 세월이 흘러서 갑작스레 그분을 만나 뵙고, 용균이 사고에 나서주시고….]

The funeral committee decided to strictly observe the achievements of the deceased’s social movement as the chairman of the society for five days.

The seal will be held on the 19th.

Afterwards, we plan to hold a memorial parade with Noje in Daehak-ro, the center of the people’s movement where the deceased threw his life, and hold a ceremony at the plaza in front of Seoul City Hall.

This is YTN Park Hee-jae.

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