An Jung-geun: Korea's Patriot Assassin

This year marks the centennial anniversary of the passing of An Jung-geun (1879-1910), one of the greatest independence fighters Korea ever knew. He was executed for his assassination of the  former Japanese Prime Minister and Resident-General to Korea Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) at Harbin station in Manchuria on Oct. 26, 1909.