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After taking the exit of the gate No.5, of Dokripmun Station Seoul Metro Subway line No.3, the road flows toward Dokrip(Independence) Park. In the middle of the road, Seodaemun Prison Historic Museum, which was built with red bricks, comes up all of sudden. Seodaemun Prison was designed and built by a Japanese architect, Shitennogazma in 1907. It is recorded as the first modern-type Korean priso..

Do you remember the year of 1919? 95 years ago, very loud voice by tremendous number of people echoed down in Korean peninsula. Countless number of Koreans shouts out ‘a cheer for the independence of Korea’ with the spirit of independence and resistance wrongfulness by Japanese Imperialism. Back in 1919, what really had happened in Korea? Korea, 1919 In 1910, Japanese imperialism took away the s..