"Indignant and grief-stricken at the story that their former emperor had been murdered by the Japanese, people began to congregate in Seoul to mourn his death...It was this multitude who started the peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations in the streets of Seoul that touched off the March First Movement."
-From "The Mystery of Emperor Kojong’s Sudden Death in 1919" by Young-Ho Cho and Taejin Yi
"We herewith proclaim the independence of Korea and the liberty of the Korean people. This we proclaim to all the nations of the world in witness of human equality. This we proclaim to our descendents so that they may enjoy in perpetuity their inherent right to nationhood..."
-Declaration of Independence, 1919
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