“Hey, Kiwan! All the neighbors are living in a difficult way, but if you only want to sing your badge and pick your back, you guys, you’re not tall!”
This is a statement from my mother that the late (late) Baek Ki-wan, director of the Institute for Unification Studies, heard it often as a child. During his lifetime, Director Baek frequently mentioned his mother’s words, saying, “That word has become a key word (left and right name) that guides my life.”
Director Baek’s departure seemed to follow his mother’s words. There was no harmony in the murmur. The deceased said that in his lifetime, “If there is harmony to send to me, please use it for the marginalized and struggling people.” On that day, the Blue House Chief Civil Society contacted and tried to convey the harmony of President Moon Jae-in, but the funeral committee declined.
On the afternoon of the 15th, a picture of a young jeong is placed at the funeral hall of Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where Baek Ki-wan, director of the Institute for Unification Studies, was prepared. News 1
On the 15th, Professor Baek Won-dam, the eldest daughter of Baek Won-dam, the head of the bereaved family at the 89-year-old diary, said, “My father usually said,’I’m going to die while fighting on the street. Don’t put it in the bed.’ But I couldn’t do that.” .
The deceased’s will, “Do not put it in the bed,” was not accepted, but the name of the funeral was set as “Nonamegi,” the last sentence written by the deceased. The last sentence written by the deceased just before his death, Nonamegi, is a pure Korean word meaning’a world where you and I work, and so everyone lives properly.’ Director Baek put “Nonamegi Thoughts” in his last book, “The Story of Tabi Selection” (2019), which he published his last time in his life.
On the day the official condolences began, the visits of condolence visitors continued from 2 pm. As a politician, former Minister of Small and Medium Venture Business Park Young-sun was the first to visit the slum. Former Minister Park said, “When I lived at the Institute for Unification in Daehak-ro, I met him as a reporter, and when I was a member of the National Assembly, he gave me a message of support,” and said, “It is good to be cool and resolute to me. “I wish I had bought more, but I went too quickly. It leaves a lot of regret.”
Park Young-seon, a preliminary candidate for the Mayor of Seoul’s Democratic Party, is advancing after condolences to the late Baek Ki-wan, head of the Institute for Unification Studies, arranged at the funeral hall of Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th. News 1
Liberation Chairman Kim Won-woong said about the deceased, “The elder who thought the most reassuringly,” and said, “It is not a country divided by foreign powers, but a united country, a country where people are the owners, and that the Liberation Association consisting of descendants will take over the will of the teacher. “I said hello,” he said, “who has consistently walked through the rough wilderness, and he was an adult who touched the heart for a lifetime.”
Justice Party lawmakers such as Ryu Ho-jeong, Bae Bok-ju, and Jang Hye-young also contemplated the day. Kang Eun-mi, chairman of the Justice Party’s emergency countermeasures committee, said, “It is regrettable that the big star of the progressive camp has been lost when inequality is deepening and people’s livelihood is difficult.” I came to this position with the heart that I have to do the necessary roles properly in a better posture.
Rep. Kim Jin-ae of the Open Democratic Party said, “Mr. Ki-wan Baek always sees on the road. Not only at candlelight vigils, but also during mad cow disease and the four major rivers, as well as on the streets, it was so reassuring to sit down with Paik wearing a robe.” Member of the Open Democratic Party, Choi Kang-wook also said, “Thinking about how sad it would have been to leave the divided country and leaving the divided country, I promised to continue without forgetting the will again.’Go ahead, follow the living.” “I will do my best so that the big will can be realized in the history without forgetting the will.”
When Lee Jae-oh, senior adviser of the People’s Power, visited, the general condolences shouted, “The renegade,” but were stopped by the funeral commissioner. “The first time I met (with the deceased) was when I campaigned against the Korea-Japan talks in 1964,” recalled Lee. “I hope that the democratization movement and the unification movement continue to be continued in the future because there is not enough democracy. I think that is the way to succeed Paik’s will.”
On the 15th, director Ki-wan Baek’s vacancy contains three types of young-jeong pictures. Photographer Noh Soon-taek, who took the picture, said, “I want it to be a place to remind him of what he lived, not just a memorial event. Reporter Kwon Hye-rim
On the other hand, writer Noh Sun-taek, who has been taking pictures of Director Baek in the field for the past 20 years, said that the deceased “was active until he returned”. “Mr. Paik was a’colleague’ fighting together in front of the young people to break this contradiction right away. Young men and workers accepted him as a’comrade.’ He did not remain in the glory of the past, but asked himself the question of whether democracy is working.” In that sense, he cited the scenes of’shouting, clenching fists, and hugging’, rather than a normal portrait picture, even in the criticism of Director Baek.
The funeral of Director Baek, who is the 5th chief, is held as the ‘Chairman’ who receives condolences from the general public. In addition to the slums prepared at the funeral halls of Seoul National University Hospital, local civil incense centers will be set up centering around 16 regional headquarters of the KCTU and civil society organizations nationwide. In addition, the memorial hall homepage was also opened (baekgiwan.net), including videos and photos of the deceased, and the life that Director Baek was aiming for. The imprint will take place at 8 am on the 19th. On the same day from 9 am, after a commemoration march on Daehak-ro, a ceremony is held in front of the City Hall Plaza at 11 am.
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