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115 Minister Ju Gi-cheol Memorial Hall 116 Haman Son Yangwon Memorial Museum

174 Ungcheondong-ro, Jinhae, Changwon-si http://www.jugicheol.or.kr 39 Deoksan 4-gil, Chirwon-eup, Haman-gun http://sonyangwon.org

Minister Ju Gi-cheol Memorial Hall
“revisiting the path
of true faith and
patriotism: restoring
the life of martyr Ju Gi-
cheol who led anti-
Japanese independence
movement and raising
impression of national
history."

Son Yangwon Memorial Museum
The memorial hall, which opened on March 24, 2015, was built on a two-story building
with a land area of 4,506㎡, a construction area of 613㎡, and a total floor area of 1,024
㎡ with a total project cost of 5 billion won. On the first floor, there are exhibition facilities
and video rooms, and on the second floor, there are exhibition rooms and data rooms. “You weren't from this earth already”
More than 100 relics of Minister Ju Gi-cheol are displayed and a model of Muhaksan Cross
Rock is located. Minister Ju Gi-cheol (1897-1944) was born in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-
do and after participating in the March 1st Movement, he graduated from Pyongyang Restored birthplace of Rev. Son Yang-won (1902-1950) and
Theological Seminary in 1926, and worked as a pastor in Busan, Masan, and Pyongyang. memorial hall were built on 3,655㎡ of land with two Birthplace of Rev. Son Yang-won
Refusing to attend shrines and continuing anti-Japanese movements, he was arrested by floors above ground and one basement level equipped
the Japanese police. He was imprisoned in Pyongyang prison and died in April 1944 while with exhibition halls, archives, souvenir shops and
serving his sentence. In 1968, he was recognized as an honored patriotic by the Ministry offices.
of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and his remains were buried in Dongjak-dong National Rev. Son’s birthplace (30㎡) was also restored. Rev. Son,
Cemetery. In 1990, he was posthumously awarded the South who was born in Haman and assigned to Aeyangwon
Korean Independence Medal (Order of Merit for National Foundation) , (a village for sufferers of Leprosy) in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do after
and in October 2007, he was selected as the ‘Independence finishing seminary, was imprisoned in 1940 for refusing Three Coffins of father and sons
Fighter of the Month’. to bow at the Shinto shrine and imprisoned until
independence.
He lost his two sons by a student of left party during
the Yeo-Sun Incident in October 1948, but he adopted
him as a son according to the Bible’s instructions to love
your enemies. In September 1950, during the Korean
War, he was arrested by the North Korean military and
was shot dead in Yeosu. Chilwon Church
Minister Ju Gi-cheol Muhaksan Cross Rock Ungcheon Church