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a memorial hall honoring one of korea's most famous independence fighters has opened in
northeastern china. this development is likely to aggravate korea
and china's already frosty relations with japan.
shin se-min has more. a memorial hall honoring korean patriot ahn
jung-geun has opened in the northeastern chinese city of harbin.
the city's railway station is where in 1909 ahn shot and killed hirobumi ito... who had
served as the prime minister of japan four times before becoming resident-general of
korea in 1905. the memorial hall consists of exhibition rooms
telling the story of ahn's life and shows the exact spot where the shooting took place
. the facility was built after president park
geun-hye brought up the idea of creating a monument for ahn during her meeting with chinese
president xi jinping last june. hailed as a hero in korea and china ahn is
considered a murderer by many japanese. tokyo had asked beijing to scrap plans to
build the memorial. in the meantime beijing and tokyo continue
to be at each other's throats over a variety of issues including japanese prime minister
shinzo abe's recent visit to the yasukuni war shrine which honors japan's war dead as
well as several class a war criminals. japan's ambassador to the u.s. fired the latest
salvo accusing china of a misled campaign that falsely portrays abe as glorifying tokyo
's militaristic past. both japan and china have come under international
scrutiny in recent months. japan for abe's yasukuni visit and china for
its recent demarcation of a new air defense zone over a disputed area of the east china
sea. seoul and beijing have condemned japanese
politicians' visits to the yasukuni shrine and for tokyo's refusal to apologize for the
nation's wartime atrocities. shin se-min arirang news.