명성황후 시해 '히젠도 칼' 환수운동

 

Korea wants Japanese sword that struck empress

 

2010-03-26

 

A committee will be launched today in order to retrieve "Hizendo," the sword used to kill Empress Myeongseong, Korea's last empress, from Japan, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of patriot Ahn Jung-geun's death.

 

Ahn cited 15 reasons for assassinating Hirobumi Ito, Japan's first resident-general of Korea, one of which was the murder of Empress Myeongseong by the Japanese.

 

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