A picture of Kim Koo, leader of Korea's independence movement against Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, is printed on an old music score of the Korean national anthem. Courtesy of Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
A special exhibition will be held in the United States over the next three months to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of a renowned Korean independence hero who fought against Japanese colonial rule, the veterans ministry said Wednesday.
The exhibition on Kim Koo (1876-1949), a pivotal leader of the Korean independence movement during Japan's 1910-45 colonization of Korea, will take place at the Old Korean Legation in Washington from June 26 to Sept. 26, the ministry said in a release.
An opening ceremony will be held Wednesday (local time).
Kim spearheaded resistance against Japan's colonial rule for over three decades, serving as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai during the struggle.
