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Baek Ki-wan, the director of the Institute for Unification Studies, known as the original author of the’March for Beings’, passed away at dawn on the 15th. A commemorative procession continues to commemorate the deceased, who had lived his life as a democratic activist.
Reporter Choi Gyu-jin organized the life of the deceased.
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Born in Hwanghae-do in 1933…
Committed to the democratization movement through the April 19 Revolution
White hair and black scroll…
The desperate voice crying out for democracy
[백기완/통일문제연구소장 : 나는 박정희, 전두환, 노태우 군사 독재 잔당들을 타도하는 데는 그 어디든지 가. 목숨을 내놓고 가는 거야.]
But the subsequent arrest and detention…
Park Jeong-hee’s regime imprisoned for a campaign against the Korea-Japan Agreement and the Yushin Constitution
Illegal torture continued until the dictatorship of the new military
‘Moonbinari’ written at the time is a song for’A March for Imminity’
[임을 위한 행진곡 (2019) : 앞서서 나가니, 산자여 따르라, 앞서서 나가니, 산자여 따르라.]
Run for the 1987 presidential election…
“Kim Young-sam-Kim Dae-jung, unify!”
[백기완/통일문제연구소장 (1987년 제 13대 대통령선거 2차 후보연설) : 오늘 군사독재를 끝장내기 위해 재야 민주 세력을 하나로 합치는 구체적 방법을 논의하자는 겁니다.]
In the 1992 presidential election, once again as a’popular candidate’…
Fields that have been preserved even apart from politics
Yongsan disaster, Sewol ferry disaster, candlelight rally…
[백기완/통일문제연구소장 (2017년 3월 11일) : 민주주의 사회와 만나는 촛불 혁명을 다시금 시작 해야 하는 겁니다.]
The deceased, who was admitted to the hospital due to worsening pneumonia last year, died today at the age of 88.
There was a memorial procession in Vinso.
[정현기/추모객 : 늘 다정하시고 그러나 잘못한 것에 참지 못하고 질타를 하시고. 우리 시대의 살아있는 정신이었다라고 생각하고 있습니다.]
The bereaved families refused any harmony, including those sent from the Blue House, at the will of the deceased.
The funeral is the chairman, and the ceremony will be held on the 19th.
Those who honor the deceased still recall the message he left,
[백기완/통일문제연구소장 : 사람답게 살 수 있는 세상을 만드는 주역이 되고자 몸부림 쳐보세요. 그러면 똑같은 1초를 살더라도 영원으로 살수 있을 겁니다. 영원!]
(Screen provided: Institute for Unification Studies)
(Video graphic: Kim Jung-eun, Han Young-ju)
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