The Fact | [TF Photo] Lee Ok-seon Rings the Bosingak Bell
The Fact reported in photos on the bell-ringing ceremony held at Bosingak Bell Pavilion in Jongno, Seoul, on August 15, 2019, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea's liberation. Comfort woman survivor Lee Ok-seon rang the bell that day, and painter and Seoul Metropolitan Government publicity ambassador Kim Hyun Jung, along with Sejong University professor Hosaka Yuji and U-20 national football team coach Chung Jung-yong, attended as bell-ringers. The photo-driven report conveyed various scenes from the event.
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[The Fact | reporter Lee Sae-rom] Comfort woman survivor Lee Ok-seon rings the bell at a ceremony held at Bosingak Bell Pavilion in Jongno, Seoul, at noon on the 15th, Liberation Day, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea's liberation.
Attending the event as bell-ringers that day were Lee Ok-seon; Hosaka Yuji, director of Sejong University's Dokdo Research Institute; Byun Mi-sol, who has performed the flute 218 times next to the Statue of Peace over the past seven years; Hwang In-sun, wife of independence activist Choi Gi-ok; Park Seung-cheol, grandson of independence activist Park Gyeong-ju; Chu Myeong-gil, grandson of independence activist Chu Yong-man; Jang Gyu-bok, son of independence activist Jang Gyeong; Jeon Yeong-bok, grandson of independence activist Jeon Hae-san; Nam Tae-ho, grandson of independence activist Lee Sun-gu; Chung Jung-yong, coach of the Under-20 national football team, the first Korean men's team to reach a FIFA-sanctioned tournament final; and painter Kim Hyun Jung, a Seoul Metropolitan Government publicity ambassador whom US business magazine Forbes named to its '30 Under 30 Asia 2017' list.
[Photo captions] The bell-ringing ceremony held at noon on the 15th, Liberation Day, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea's liberation, at Bosingak Bell Pavilion in Jongno, Seoul / Hosaka Yuji, director of Sejong University's Dokdo Research Institute / Chung Jung-yong, coach of the Under-20 national football team / Lee Ok-seon, selected as a bell-ringer / Bell-ringers shouting cheers of independence / Citizens shouting cheers of independence in the rain outside Bosingak / 'Citizens' patriotism shines even in the rain'
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