"Treated the Injured and Led the Manse Movement"… Video on Nurse JaHye Park Released

Song Hye-kyo and Seo Kyung-duk Release Seventh Video Highlighting Female Independence Activists

On the occasion of the 81st Liberation Day, Professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Women's University collaborated with actress Song Hye-kyo to produce and release a multilingual video titled "Nurse Who Led the Manse Movement, JaHye Park."

Independence activist Park Jahye. Seokyungduk, professor at Sungshin Women's University Social Networking Service (SNS)

On August 15, Professor Seo announced via his social media channel that he planned the video and Song Hye-kyo sponsored the production. The four-minute video features narration in both Korean and English.

The video introduces the story of JaHye Park, who worked as a nurse at the Hospital of the Government-General of Joseon in 1919. While treating those injured during the March 1st Movement, she became aware of the nation's plight and went on to establish the "Ganwoohwe," an organization uniting nurses for the independence movement.

JaHye Park later went into exile in China, where she married historian Danjae Shin Chae-ho. After returning to Korea, she continued her struggle for independence, including assisting in the patriotic act carried out by Na Seok-ju.

Professor Seo explained, "I produced this video to shed new light on the lives of female independence activists who are not well known to the public, and to introduce them widely both in Korea and abroad."

This video introducing JaHye Park is the seventh in the series, following features on Jeong Jeong-hwa, Yoon Hee-soon, Kim Maria, Park Cha-jeong, Kim Hyang-hwa, and Nam Ja-hyun. Professor Seo added, "Going forward, I plan to steadily produce and distribute further multilingual videos focusing on more female independence activists, both at home and internationally."

Over the past 15 years, Professor Seo and actress Song Hye-kyo have donated Korean-language guides, Hangul signboards, and relief artworks of independence activists to Korean independence movement historical sites around the world.

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