Ex-premier pays respects at epitaph of S. Korean activist

Ex-premier pays respects at epitaph of S. Korean activist

TSUSHIMA, Japan - Kim Jong Pil, a former South Korean prime minister, pays his respects to a memorial for Choi Ik Hyon, a Korean anti-Japanese activist, in Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 27. Choi Ik Hyon spearheaded an anti-Japanese movement in 1905 amid the advancement of Japanese domination.

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