Moon Yoon-guk's Hanggol Arari Publication Ceremony and Seminar

The Publication Ceremony and Seminar for Moon Yoon-guk’s book, 항골 아라리 Hanggol Arari, hosted by the Patriot Moon Yoon-guk Memorial Association, attracted more than two hundred leaders, including Mr. Jeon Hong-pyo, Chief of Jeongseon County.

Like many of Father’s lineal relatives, True Father’s great uncle Moon Yoon-guk was born in Father’s hometown of Jeongju, now in North Korea. He was a graduate of Pyongyang Seminary. While working as a pastor, he spread the March 1st Independence Movement in the local North Pyeongan Province. He donated his family fortune, an enormous sum at the time, to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai, China, to aid the independence movement. These patriotic acts won him recognition: posthumously in 1990, he received a commendation and medal from the Korean government.

Believing in education as a movement for people’s independence, he spent the last part of his life nurturing young students. His book contains his 130 poems (written in Chinese characters) and some memoirs, and is now available in bookstores. The autobiographical section clearly displays his cherished hopes for peace and unification, and his patriotic spirit.