COLORADO SPRINGS — Dozens of Colorado Springs Korean community members celebrated the March 1 movement for independence.
Our own Peter Choi was there to EMCEE the event.
Saturday marked the 106th anniversary of the movement to remember those who fought for independence against Japanese colonial rule.
Every year on March 1, Koreans pause to remember the wave of patriotic fervor that swept their country more than a century ago.
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