The Shenyang Municipal Chapter (head: Kim Sung-woong) of China held a ceremony to commemorate the 96th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence of Korea on Jan. 31 at the Korea International School in Shenyang, China, where 200 people attended including Shin Bong-sup, Korean Consul General to Shenyang, Park Young-wan, President of the Korean Association in Shenyang, Korean residents in the city, and Korean students.

The ceremony proceeded with the reading of the Muo Independence Declaration and lecture by Suh Kwang-il, Emeritus Prof. of Hanshin Univ. The Muo Declaration of Independence was made in 1919 by 39 national leaders including patriots Ahn Chang-ho, Cho So-ang, and Kim Jwa-jin in Shenyang, China to declare that Korea was an independent country.