The Hague mayor honors Yi Jun at his tomb in Seoul

Jan van Zanen, mayor of The Hague, Netherlands, paid tribute Sunday to Yi Jun, a Korean independence activist who traveled to the Dutch city in 1907 to defend Korea’s sovereignty before the international community and died there. Van Zanen visited Yi’s tomb in Suyu-dong, northern Seoul, ahead of the 120th anniversary of the activist's death in 2027. Kang Yunjin, vice minister of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, also attended. Yi was one of three Korean envoys dispatched to The Hagu