Former South Korean Nurses in Germany Set Foot on Their Fatherland Soil 상세내용
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Former South Korean Nurses in Germany Set Foot on Their Fatherland Soil
date2015-10-01 00:00:00
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er South Korean Nurses in Germany Set Foot on Their Fatherland Soil
Twenty-nine er South Korean nurses in Germany visited Dokdo Island on November 9-10 in a show of defense of the national territory. Those er nurses who were sent to Germany in 1966 are considered primary patriotic contributors to the economic development of South Korea. Their dedication to their fatherland was recently re-discovered through the film “Ode to My Father.” The nurses visited Dokdo, where they encouraged the Dokdo Guards and met Kim Seong-do, a resident in Dokdo, which made their visit more meaningful. The touching story of the er South Korean nurses in Germany, who willingly carried out their difficult work tasks for love of their fatherland, certainly encouraged and consoled the Dokdo Guards. The oldest er nurse, Kim Yeon-hui, 81, said, We went to as far away as Germany as nurses in the past. It is but proper for us to now visit Dokdo, the territory of South Korea. Prior to the visit, on November 8, they visited the new provincial government building and the house where President Park Chung Hee was born. On November 11, they visited Pyeongchang, the site of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and on November 12, they visited the Capitol in Yeouido, Seoul. They also participated in the representative meeting and symposium of the 2015 Seoul International Council of Nurses (ICN) Conference on November 17-23. Since 2007, Gyeongsangbuk-do has been organizing a homecoming program for the er miners and nurses living in Germany er Yeongnam Hometown Association, most of whose members have not revisited their fatherland for over 40 years since they were sent to Germany. On October 20, the province invited some 50 executive members of the Korean Federation of er Workers in Germany, including er miners and nurses residing in Germany, to visit South Korea and to receive letters of gratitude from President Park for their hard work for the development of their fatherland. Lee Sang-wook, the Head of the Eastern coast Development ision, said, To carry on the spirit of hard work of these er South Korean workers in Germany for the development of their fatherland, and to make sure that the tears that they shed were not in vain, we will endeavor to further defend and promote Dokdo as part of the South Korean territory. South Korea sent 10,226 nurses to Germany in a span of ten years, until 1976. It first sent 128 nurses to Germany in 1966 to resolve its unemployment problems and to earn foreign currencies. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of the Association of er Korean Nurses in Germany, which was established in 1985. Next year (2016), which will mark the 50th anniversary of the sending of South Korean nurses to Germany, the association will publish a book featuring the 50-year history of such endeavor.
