Kang In-cheol, former professor at Hanshin University and Korea-Vietnam Peace Foundation, received the 20th Imjongguk Award.

Special award to Hak-am Lee Gwan-sul Memorial Foundation for re-evaluating socialist independence activists

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Soo-yeon = The Institute for Korean Studies announced on the 10th that it had selected former Hanshin University professor Kang In-cheol and the Korea-Vietnam Peace Foundation as the winners of the 20th 'Im Jong-guk Award'.

Former Professor Kang In-cheol, the winner in the academic category, is a sociologist who has long studied how religion in Korea interacts with political and social issues.

In the work 'Korean Protestant Right - The Action Group of Far-Right Politics and the Birth of a Dangerous Citizen', the Protestant right-wing camp that supported martial law and campaigned against impeachment after the December 3, 2024 civil war was analyzed in depth and presented prospects and alternatives.

The Korea-Vietnam Peace Foundation, a civic group that won the prize in the social category, was launched in 2016 and has been conducting activities to uncover the truth about the past history of the Vietnam War, carrying out local support activities in Vietnam, and contributing to the anti-war peace movement.

It is said that through projects such as restoration of victims' honor, litigation support, archive construction, and international solidarity, it has improved Korean society's distorted perception of the Vietnam War and modern history and provided an opportunity for reflection and apology.

The special award went to the Hak-am Yi Gwansul Memorial Foundation.

The association honoring Lee Kwan-sul, an independence activist during the Japanese colonial period and a national leader during the liberation period, has been promoting activities to reevaluate socialist independence activists who have been marginalized.

The awards ceremony will be held at the Roh Moo-hyun Citizen Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul at 6:30 pm on the 12th.

Since 2005, the Im Jong-guk Memorial Society and the Research Institute of Korean Studies have been awarding the Im Jong-guk Award to individuals and organizations that properly inherit the late Lim Jong-guk's legacy and practical life of clearing out pro-Japanese relations, realizing historical justice, and establishing national history.