On November 13, the 56th anniversary of Jeon Tae-il's death, a memorial ceremony will be held at Moran Park in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. Related events will also take place at the Jeon Tae-il Memorial Hall and the Democracy Movement Memorial Hall in Seoul.
At 11 a.m. on November 13, the Jeon Tae-il Foundation will hold the 56th anniversary memorial service and the 34th Jeon Tae-il Labor Award ceremony at Jeon Tae-il's gravesite in Moran Park. Prior to the memorial service, a declaration ceremony for 'November 13 is Jeon Tae-il Day' will take place. The foundation and labor and civic groups have been advocating for November 13 to be designated as a national holiday in honor of Jeon Tae-il.
The 34th Jeon Tae-il Labor Award will be presented to the Hanbit Media Labor Rights Center. The Achievement Award will go to Lee Ho-dong, former chairman of the Power Workers' Union, while the Special Award will be given to the Kabuki Workers' Cooperative and the National Association for Customized Public Jobs for Severely Disabled Persons.
The Jeon Tae-il Memorial Hall in Jongno, Seoul, will host an opening ceremony for a special exhibition and a celebratory performance at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon will give a special lecture on 'The Spirit of Jeon Tae-il and Current Labor Challenges' in the multipurpose hall on the second floor.
The Democracy Movement Memorial Foundation will hold an opening ceremony for the special exhibition 'Seeking Coexistence: Labor and Democracy' at 2 p.m. in the multipurpose hall on the first floor of the Democracy Movement Memorial Hall. Minister Kim Young-hoon and Lee Jae-jin, the emergency response committee chair of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, are expected to attend. The exhibition will run until March 28 of next year and will be closed on Mondays.
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