Shinan-gun Holds 14th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony for Late President Kim Dae-jung on Haedo Island

"I will strive to continue the spirit and stature left by President Kim Dae-jung"

Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 18th that a memorial service was held on Haewido Island to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the passing of the late President Kim Dae-jung.

The memorial service was attended by about 150 people, including Shinan-gun Governor Park Woo-ryang, former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, Shinan-gun Council Chairman Kim Hyuk-seong, and heads of related organizations.

A memorial service was held on Haeuido Island to mark the 14th anniversary of the late President Kim Dae-jung's passing.
[Photo by Shinan County]

Haewido Island is the hometown of the late President Kim Dae-jung, and since his passing, a memorial service has been held annually to reflect on and carry forward the values of democracy, human rights, and peace that the President emphasized during his lifetime.

In his memorial address, Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “In the midst of ongoing conflicts such as the war between Ukraine and Russia, economic rivalry between the United States and China, and Japan’s discharge of contaminated water, the world situation is unstable, making us miss President Kim Dae-jung, who took the lead in world peace, even more. We will strive to continue the spirit and stature left by the President.”

Meanwhile, Shinan-gun plans to inherit the values of democracy, human rights, and peace emphasized by the late President Kim Dae-jung by establishing the Korean Political Figures Photo Museum on Haewido Island and the East Asian Human Rights and Peace Art Museum on Sinui Island, connected by the Samdo Bridge, aiming to make the three Haewi Islands a sanctuary of peace.