Revered in South Korea for his efforts to defend the country against Japanese encroachment, Ahn Jung-geun is best known for ...

Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.

It was in October 1897 that King Gojong declared himself Emperor, seizing his chance when the once-dominant China lost to Japan in the ... to shore up a bid for Korean independence and sovereignty ...

Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese statesman, is ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, precipitated a train of events that have raised grave concerns in Japan and globally about political ...