A historian confirmed that the earliest articles about the peaceful independence demonstrations were published on March 10 ...

People waved South Korean flags at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in Manhattan on Friday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the March 1 Movement, which became a catalyst for shaking off Japanese rule ...

Every year on March 1, South Koreans commemorate the anniversary of the 1919 March 1 Movement, a nationwide uprising against Japanese imperial rule that galvanized the Korean independence movement.

The Taegeukgi, the national flag of Korea, is a symbol of the March 1 Independence Movement Day as people holding the flags called for Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule in 1919 ...

It's March 1 today in Korea, a day to commemorate Samiljeol or the Independence Movement Day. On this day in 1919, nationalists proclaimed Korea's ...

Korean flags dating back to the early 1900s on Feb. 27 hang on buildings facing Gwanghwamun Square two days before the centennial anniversary of the March First Independence Movement. Pictured are ...

Celebration of Independence Movement : Citizens and students wave the national flag during a “Taegeukgi flash mob” to reenact the March 1 Independence Movement at Tapgol Park, central Seoul ...

A Korean independence activist was reburied in the national ceremony this year. His great granddaughter, Washington Post reporter Michelle Ye Hee Lee, was there.

Actress Park Hwan Hee is the granddaughter of activist Ha Jong Jin, who dove headfirst into the Independence Movement by passing out South Korean flags during the Samil Independence Movement in 1919.

Every year on March 1, South Koreans commemorate the anniversary of the 1919 March 1 Movement, a nationwide uprising against Japanese imperial rule that galvanized the Korean independence movement.