SHANGHAI — Marking the 100th anniversary of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea’s Shanghai headquarters and the 150th birth anniversary of independence leader Kim Koo, President Lee Jae Myung visited the historic site on Wednesday afternoon as the final stop on his state visit to China. At the venue, Lee expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for its cooperation in preserving the site and underscored the significance of Korea’s independence movement. “The history of Korea’s independence movement cannot be told without China,” the president said. “Nearly half of Korea’s independence-related historical sites are located in China, which served as the main stage for our struggle,” he added. Among them, the Korean president noted that Shanghai is especially symbolic. “This building housed the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1926 to 1932, after it was forced to relocate multiple times to evade harsh Japanese repression following its establishment in 1919,” he said. Lee emphasized that it was here that independence fighters preserve
