Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun, Descendant of Independence Activist, Proposes Suwon Forum to Author of 'Lim Myeon-soo Biography'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Lee Jae-jun, Mayor of Suwon Special Metropolitan City and descendant of an independence activist, proposed that Park Hwan (former Suwon University professor) and President of Korea Academic and Cultural Foundation, give a lecture at the Suwon Forum and hold a book concert for 'The Biography of Lim Myeon-soo of Pildong'.

Mayor Lee is a descendant of Bonjae Lee Sang-seol, who served as the President of the Daehan Gwangbokgun Government, Korea's first government in exile established in 1914, before the March 1st Movement.

On the 11th, Mayor Lee Jae-jun met with President Park at his office and said regarding the 'Committee for the Path of Suwon Independence Activists,' "First, I am grateful for being the first to publish a biography of Mr. Lim Myeon-soo, an independence activist representing Suwon. I am very pleased that the esteemed President Park has agreed to participate in the Committee."

He continued, "Please give a lecture at the Suwon Forum so that both the civil service community and Suwon citizens can learn about Mr. Lim Myeon-soo and Mr. Kim Se-hwan, independence activists representing Suwon," and requested "to also hold a book concert for the biography of Lim Myeon-soo with citizens."

President Park said, "We plan to publish a biography of Mr. Kim Se-hwan before Liberation Day on August 15th to mark the 80th anniversary of his death. I am grateful for your great attention and consideration."

President Park also signed a book titled 'Vladivostok and Khabarovsk (Following the Path of Independence Activists),' which he wrote himself about Mr. Lee Sang-seol and others who engaged in independence activities in Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, and presented it to Mayor Lee.

President Park, who published the book on the 10th, Mr. Lim Myeon-soo's birthday, dedicated the biography to the statue of Mr. Lim Myeon-soo at Suwon Olympic Park on the morning of the 11th.

Meanwhile, Park Hwan, President of Korea Academic and Cultural Foundation, is a historian who has written biographies of Pildong Lim Myeon-soo and Kim Se-hwan, independence activists representing Suwon, as well as works on Shinheung Military Academy, Choi Jae-hyung, and Suwon Samil School.