Ceremony marks 38th anniversary of June 10 Pro-democracy Movement; Nat'l Museum of Korea Democracy opens

A ceremony was held here in Seoul today to commemorate the 38th anniversary of South Korea's June 10 Pro-democracy Movement.

Some two hundred people including government officials and politicians were present for the solemn affair.

In a written message President Lee Jae-myung asserted that democracy is advanced when the past is remembered to build the future.

The event also marked the opening of the National Museum of Korea Democracy located in what was once the Anti-Communist Investigation Office a site notorious for state violence during the 1970s and 1980s military dictatorship.

Ultimately the country's pro-democracy campaign led to constitutional amendment paving the path to direct presidential elections.