Song Hye-kyo, Seo Kyung-deok spotlight nurse Park Ja-hye who led independence movement

To commemorate the 81st anniversary of Liberation Day, actress Song Hye-kyo and Professor Seo Kyung-deok have collaborated to produce and release a multilingual video honoring the life of Park Ja-hye, a nurse who played a significant role in the Korean independence movement.

The 4-minute video, narrated in both Korean and English, aims to educate domestic and international audiences about Park Ja-hye's contributions. It chronicles her realization of the nation's plight while treating those injured during the March 1st Movement in 1919, where she worked as a nurse at the Korean Government-General Hospital. This awakening led her to establish 'Ganwoohoe,' an organization for nurses dedicated to the independence cause.

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I wanted to shed light on the lives of female independence activists who are not well-known to the public and introduce them widely both domestically and internationally.

The video further highlights her continued activism after fleeing to China, where she married historian Shin Chae-ho, and her subsequent return to Korea. It details her involvement in assisting the independence activist Na Seok-ju in his daring acts against Japanese colonial rule.

Professor Seo stated that this is the seventh video in a series dedicated to shedding light on the lives of female independence activists who remain largely unknown to the public. Previous videos have featured figures such as Jeong Jeong-hwa, Yun Hee-soon, Kim Maria, Park Chajung, Kim Hyang-hwa, and Nam Ja-hyeon. Seo expressed his commitment to continuing this series with more multilingual videos on various female independence fighters to ensure their stories are consistently shared both in Korea and abroad.

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In the future, we plan to continue producing a series of multilingual videos about more female independence activists and consistently promote them both domestically and internationally.