On the occasion of March 1 Independence Movement Day, actress Song Hyekyo and professor Seo Kyoung-duk of Sungshin Women's University joined forces to produce and release a multilingual video titled "A woman independence activist who broke the mold of her time, Nam Ja-hyun" domestically and abroad.
This four-minute video was planned by Professor Seo and sponsored by Song Hyekyo, and features Korean and English narration to widely spread it among netizens at home and abroad.
The main content of the video introduces the background and various achievements of how, prompted by participation in the March 1 movement in Seoul, she went into exile in Manchuria at the late age of 47 and began full-scale independence activities.
In particular, it highlighted that she wrote a blood oath for the unity of independence groups and, when Japan established a puppet state in Manchuria, cut off a piece of her own finger and sent the "Korean independence association" blood oath to the League of Nations.
Professor Seo said, "I wanted to re-examine the lives of lesser-known women independence activists and introduce them widely at home and abroad," and noted, "This is the sixth video following Jeong Jeong-hwa, Yun Hee-sun, Kim Maria, Park Cha-jeong and Kim Hyang-hwa."
Professor Seo added, "Going forward, we plan to produce a series of multilingual videos about more women independence activists and steadily promote them domestically and abroad."
It is currently being distributed not only on YouTube but also across various social media platforms, and the video is being shared with Korean communities around the world to spread it widely.
Meanwhile, over the past 15 years, Professor Seo and Song Hyekyo have donated Korean-language guides, Korean-language signs and relief works of independence activists to 37 sites of Korean independence movement heritage around the world.
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