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On Police Day, we visited the anti-communist branch office in Namyeong-dong.
President: “The people’s will to police”
Reporter Ko Dong-yuk. Reporter Chang Woon-ki v
Modified 2025.10.21. 6.31 pm
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Message for ‘exercising authority correctly’ at the site of old mistakes: “Oh
History cannot repeat itself.”
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President Lee Jae-myung visits the former anti-communist branch office in Namyeong-dong
(Seoul-Yonhap News) President Lee Jae-myung speaks at the democratization movement in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 21st.
Lee Jae-oh, director of the Democratization Movement Memorial Society, at Neomgwan (formerly the anti-communist branch office in Namyeong-dong)
I am listening to Jang’s explanation. 2025.10.21 [Provided by the President’s Office. Resale and DB
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(Seoul-Yonhap News) Reporter Dong-yuk Goh = President Jae-myung Lee
On the 21st, Jang tortured democracy activists during the past military regime.
The notorious old anti-communist secretariat in Namyeong-dong is being searched for.
President Lee held a ceremony commemorating Police Day at the National Police Agency this morning.
After its completion this year, it is currently being used as the Democratization Movement Memorial Hall.
President Kang Yu-jeong said he was looking for an exhibition space for the anti-communist branch office in Namyeong-dong.
The spokesperson has transferred from Bryungong.
Spokesperson Kang said, “The anti-communist branch office was a dark place for the police during the military dictatorship.
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“It is a symbolic space of national violence filled with history,” he said.
When I came here on Police Day, I never saw such shame again.
Without repeating ourselves, we will become a true democratic police and people’s police.
“I have a strong will to hope that this will be an opportunity to help,” he explained:
On the day to celebrate the creation of the police, visit the site of old mistakes in the future
In the process of reforming the criminal justice system, Ganghwa-Wol authority is properly exercised.
This can be interpreted as a message that says:
As a reminder, the police also have a past of abusing their power.
Mr. Prosecutor’s Office, it’s simple to take away the power of the prosecution or empower the police.
There is also an interpretation that this is highlighting the fact that it is not a dimension of:
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President Lee Jae-myung visits the former anti-communist branch office in Namyeong-dong
(Seoul-Yonhap News) President Lee Jae-myung speaks at the democratization movement in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 21st.
Lee Jae-oh, director of the Democratization Movement Memorial Society, at Neomgwan (formerly the anti-communist branch office in Namyeong-dong)
I am listening to Jang’s explanation. 2025.10.21 [Provided by the President’s Office. Resale and DB
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The fact that you came there at a time when the prosecution was disbanded is a warning that you, the police, have not done anything good, and that if you do something stupid, you too will end up like the prosecutors.