The 65th Korea Independence Day(Liberation Day of Korea)

Korea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule formally ended on 2 September 1945 upon the Japanese defeat in World War II that year.

                                                (Indepence celebration in Gwanghwamun)

August 15th in 2010
Today is the 65th Korea Indepence Day.(Liberation Day of Korea)which is the Public Holiday.
President and other people attendance that takes place at the Gwanghwamun Square,because reinstatement of Gwanghwa mun(Gwanghwa door) was finished.
 Many activities and events happen during the day, including an official ceremony.


Gwangbokjeol, (literally "Restoration of Light Day",)
'Gwangbok(Restoration of light) means restored light.



This is Song of Gwangbokjeol.(Song of Liberation Korea.)

The lyrics :The soil should have tried to touch
               also the sea water dance is Choon again.
                Step to be cold certainly ten U lun friend U cci forty years in diarrhea
               today hot blood Ung khin trace ni length length
               Ji height three length length Ji height tax


[Korean Indepence Activists]

Kim Gu (also known by his pen name Baekbeom, August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), the sixth and later the last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, was a Korean politician, educator, leader of Korean independence movement against the Japanese occupation of Korea that lasted from 1910 to 1945, and reunification activist who had struggled for the independent reunification of Korea since its national division in 1945

Ahn Jung-geun or An Jung-geun (September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) (was a Korean independence activist,nationalist, and pan-Asianist.

On October 16, 1909, he assassinated Itō Hirobumi (伊藤博文), the first Prime Minister of Japan and then-Japanese Resident-General of Korea, following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan.

Lee Bong-chang (August 10, 1900 - October 10, 1932) was a Korean independence activist during the Japanese occupation of Korea. In 1932, he attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate Japanese emperor Hirohito with a hand grenade, which became known as the Sakuradamon Incident.

Yu Gwan-Sun (December 16, 1902 – October 12, 1920) was a student and organizer in what would come to be known as the March 1st Movement against the Japanese occupation of Korea in South Chungcheong
There, along with her family, she began to arouse public feeling against the Japanese occupation. She also planned a demonstration for independence, which included people from some neighboring towns, Yeongi, Chungju, and Jincheon. The demonstration was scheduled to start on the first lunar day of March 1919 at 9:00 a.m. in Awunae Marketplace. About 2,000 demonstrators shouted, "대한 독립 만세" (Daehan Dongnip Manse), which translates to "Long live Korean Independence!" Yu was arrested with other demonstrators.
 
 
And there are many activities who were love their nation.
We respect and love them.