Picture of the Day: Korean Independence Day
Children join an event in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2015, to commemorate the Independence Day from Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945, which falls on March 1. (Yonhap)
Children join an event in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2015, to commemorate the Independence Day from Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945, which falls on March 1. (Yonhap)
March 1st is actually the celebration of the beginning of resistance to Japanese occupation. On March 1st, 1919, demonstrations sprung up all over Korea.
Independence Day is August 15, the day when Japan ceded control to the Allies (I’m about 90% sure that’s what happened).
“beginning of resistance to Japanese occupation”
An armed population resists.
An unarmed population submits under protest.