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The 20th anniversary event was held in Tokyo and Busan on the 26th in memory of Lee Soo-hyun (1974-2001), a righteous man who died while trying to save the Japanese. On January 26, 2001, Mr. Lee was hit by a train while trying to rescue a Japanese man who fell on a track at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
The event was organized by the Korean Merchants Association in the city of Shinjuku, and was carried out minimizing the number of participants due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Some 40 people from Korea and Japan attended, including Kim Yong-gil, the government affairs corporation of the Korean Embassy in Japan, Yoshinori Yoshinori Katori, president of the LSH Asian scholarship, and Ito Setsuko, president of the street promotion Shin-Okubo commercial. Association.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun and Lee Nak-yeon, along with the representative of the Democratic Party, harmonized. Korean Ambassador to Japan Kang Chang-il, who was in quarantine after taking office on the 22nd, sent a commemorative message via video message. Ambassador Kang said, “The deceased’s sacrifice became an echo of the friendly and cooperative relationship between Korea and Japan. Even now, 20 years later, many people remember and celebrate the lives of the deceased who became bridges between Korea. and Japan in various forms. ” He added that “Korea and Japan must overcome the current conflict and cooperate with each other in a wider variety of fields in the future and strive to create a relationship of symbiosis and joint prosperity.”
The deceased’s mother, Shin Yoon-chan, 72, attended the event every year, but this year, after Corona 19, she replaced it with a video message and a handwritten letter. In his handwritten letter, he said: “As the things that I took for granted in January are not allowed this time because of the crown, I feel more grateful and valuable for things past.” I ask you to continue. support your dreams in the future. ”
Meanwhile, the 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony was held at the Cemetery of the Deceased in Busan Municipal Park Cemetery (Yeongnak Park) this morning, with Shin in attendance. Maruyama Kohei, Consul General of the Consulate of Japan in Busan, was present.
Reporter Jang Joo-young [email protected]
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