A photo (above) taken with Lee Su-jung at a nationwide friendship gathering of Christians in 1883 at Shin Sakae Church, the first Protestant church in Japan. Lee Su-jung is seated at center front, wearing hanbok; on his left is Tsuda Sen. Uchimura Kanzo is fifth from right in the second row.
In the lower photo, former Hansung University president Yoon Kyung-ro delivers greetings to the International Academic Symposium Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of LeeSu-jung’s Gospel of Mark Publication, held at the Korean YMCA in Japan Center on June 30.
Article and photos by reporter Sangmok Shin (smshin@kmib.co.kr), from Tokyo, with Marion Kim (marionkkim@icloud.com)
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