▲ Cadets and others are taking commemorative photos at the unveiling ceremony for busts of five independence war heroes held at the Seoul Military Academy on the 1st. The Korea Military Academy created busts of Generals Hong Beom-do, Kim Jwa-jin, Ji Cheong-cheon, and Lee Beom-seok, who devoted their lives to the War of Independence, and Lee Hoe-young, who founded the Shinheung Military Academy, by melting down 300 kg of bullet casings (about 50,000 rifle bullets) from which the soldiers trained. 2018.3.1. Seoul Newspaper DB ▲ Lee Jong-chan, Chairman of the Liberation Party, saluting the national flag
Lee Jong-chan, Chairman of the Liberation Council, is saluting the national flag at the ‘2023 Unam Kim Seong-sook Academic Symposium’ held at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 17th. 2023.8.17 Yonhap News Woodang Lee Jong-chan, the grandson of Lee Hoi-young, chairman of the Liberation Committee, criticized the Ministry of National Defense on the 15th, saying, “It is deplorable that the history of the liberation army is cut away and the aid of the national army is said to be those who served as Japanese servants.”
Chairman Lee said this while giving a congratulatory speech at the ‘83rd Anniversary of the Korean Liberation Army Founding Ceremony’ hosted by the Korean Liberation Army Bereaved Families Association at the Liberation Hall in Yeouido this morning.
He said, “Recently, the Ministry of National Defense viewed the Korean Military Academy as the National Defense Security Embassy Academy and said it would remove the busts of the five independence heroes there as they were no longer needed,” adding, “We are facing an identity problem of whether or not we establish history correctly.” claimed.
He continued, “Forefathers of the independence movement established the Shinheung Military Academy to train the independence army, and they became the main force, leading to the establishment of the Korean Liberation Army, the regular army of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, on September 17, 1940.” He added, “The volunteer army, the independence army, and the liberation army are the roots of the national army.” emphasized. The Korean Liberation Army was established in Chongqing, China on September 17, 1940 and is considered to have laid the foundation for the national army.
Chairman Lee’s comments were made on the 6th when Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-seop responded to the question asked by Rep. Ahn Gyu-baek of the Democratic Party of Korea in a question to the National Assembly, “Is the spiritual root of the Military Academy the Shinheung Military Academy or the National Defense Security Academy?” by replying, “I see it as the National Defense Security Academy.” It is aimed at
The National Defense Security Academy refers to the ‘South Korean National Defense Security Academy’ established in Taereung, Seoul in May 1946. The U.S. military government established the ‘Military English School’ in Naengcheon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul in December 1945 to secure interpreter officers and executives from each military branch, but closed it in April of the following year and established the ‘South Korean National Defense Security Embassy School’. At that time, officers who were active in the Manchurian and Japanese armies were transferred to this school.
Regarding the Military Academy’s plan to demolish and relocate the busts of five independence heroes, including General Hong Beom-do and Lee Hoi-young, Chairman Lee said in a statement on the 25th of last month, “The Ministry of National Defense will remove the busts of five independence fighters who proudly guard the Korean Military Academy campus, the cradle of Korea’s independent national defense. He said, “Attempting demolition without justifiable reason is nothing more than an attempt by the Japanese to suppress national spirit,” and added, “Our independence fighters and descendants cannot contain their anger, so they protest and condemn this.”
“It’s shameful”… Descendants of independence activists return military service honorary diplomas
▲ Descendants of independence activists return ‘Korean Military Academy honorary diplomas’
On the 15th, descendants of independence activists Yoon Ki-seop and Lee Sang-ryong and General Ji Cheong-cheon are returning the honorary graduation certificates awarded to their ancestors in front of the Military Academy in Nowon-gu, Seoul. From the left, descendants of Seokju Lee Sang-bong of Lee Hang Middle School, lawyer Jeong Cheol-seung, grandson of Ki-seop Yoo, and Lee Jun-sik, former director of the Independence Hall of Korea and grandson of General Ji Cheong-cheon. 2023.9.15 Yonhap News Meanwhile, descendants of independence activists returned the honorary diplomas awarded to their ancestors by the Military Academy after five years. This is to protest against the Korean Military Academy’s decision to demolish and relocate the busts of five independence activists, including General Hong Beom-do.
On the afternoon of the 15th, in front of the main gate of the Military Academy in Nowon-gu, Seoul, they announced, “The Military Academy is not qualified to inherit the noble spirit of national defense of the independence fighters from Shinheung Military Academy who sacrificed their bodies and lives to reclaim their homeland and save their people, so we are returning the shameful honorary diploma.” I placed my honorary diploma on the floor.
On this day, gathered in front of the military headquarters were General Ji Cheong-cheon’s maternal grandson Lee Jun-sik, former director of the Independence Hall of Korea, Yoon Ki-seop’s maternal grandson Jeong Cheol-seung, lawyer and chairman of the organizing committee of the Shinheung Military Academy Memorial Association, and Lee Sang-ryong’s great-grandson Lee Hang-jeung, director of the Liberation Association, as well as officials of the Shinheung Military Academy Memorial Association.
Former Independence Hall Director Lee said, “This action by the Military Academy is a fundamental denial of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea and a declaration of severance that will erase the independence movement from the history of the Korean Military Academy.” He added, “Even this diploma has become meaningless.” “It’s like a piece of toilet paper,” he said.
He continued, “Even in 2018, when I received my honorary diploma, I was very proud because I thought, ‘Wrong history is being corrected,’ but I felt a sense of shame when I saw it being overturned in just five years.”
He said, “I wondered if the lives of those who sacrificed their lives and devoted themselves to independence could be subject to insults like this. “As a descendant of an independence activist, I feel endless humiliation,” he said.
Attorney Jeong explained the reason for returning the honorary diploma, saying, “It was heartbreaking and unbearable to see that the independence activists who fought for the liberation of our country were being subjected to harsher insults than during the Japanese colonial period.”
He continued, “The Military Academy, which even proposed erecting a statue of General Baek Seon-yup, who humiliated the Japanese invaders and killed his own people, is not qualified to inherit the spirit of the independence activists,” adding, “Our ancestors, who were independence activists, firmly said, ‘You are not qualified to do that.’ “He will tell you,” he claimed.
On March 6, 2018, the Korea Military Academy invited descendants of these three and 17 independence activists, including these three, to the so-called commissioning ceremony for graduates of the Korea Military Academy and awarded them honorary diplomas. ▲ On the 15th, in front of the Military Academy in Nowon-gu, Seoul, independence activists Yoon Ki-seop and Lee Sang-ryong and General Ji Cheong-cheon The military academy honorary graduation certificate returned by descendants is placed at the entrance of the military academy. 2023.9.15 Yonhap News
Reporter Kwon Yoon-hee
2023-09-15 14:02:48
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