한국을 방문한 개척자들

 

Book chronicles story of independence crusader

2010-07-19

 

From Ahn Jung-geun, Yoon Bong-gil to Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence fighters during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) have been taught to youths for decades but not much has been known of one American’s contribution to the country’s liberation ― a man who told an AP reporter on his deathbed “I would rather be buried in Korea than in Westminster Abbey.”

Overshadowed by his Korean compatriots, a recently published book written by Kim Dong-jin sheds light on the life of American missionary and journalist Homer B. Hulbert’s (1863-1949) 20-year efforts to modernize the Korean education system and spread the word on Japan’s forceful annexation of the peninsula.

 

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