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Ahn Jung-geun Memorial in Harbin
China
By Contested Histories Initiative •
In 2014, the Ahn Jung-geun memorial was inaugurated in Harbin railway station, China. Itspurpose was to commemorate the Korean patriot who assassinated the Japanese statesman ItoHirobumi in 1909, in this very station, as an act of resistance against Meiji Japan’s imperialexpansion. The memorial, constructed with the joint endorsement of the… Read More