Kim received the award on the 24th at the 44th National Prayer Breakfast marking the 66th anniversary of the April 19 Revolution, held at the April 19 Revolution Memorial Library in Seoul’s Seodaemun District.
The National Prayer Breakfast is jointly hosted by the April 19 Democratic Revolution Association, the bereaved families association of April 19 victims and the association of April 19 meritorious persons. Since 2013, the service award has been presented each year to one person who has contributed to advancing the revolution’s core values of freedom, democracy and justice.
Kim was at the forefront of the April 19 Revolution in 1960, serving as president of the student council at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and as chair of a nationwide university student order-restoration committee. He later continued related work, including serving as executive committee chair for the 50th anniversary commemorative project and as chair for the 60th anniversary commemorative project.
In 2024, he was selected as a national patriots honoree and received the Moran Medal, a Republic of Korea National Order of Merit, in recognition of those contributions.
“Receiving this meaningful award makes me feel a heavy sense of responsibility,” Kim said. “I will continue to do whatever small part I can to help protect and spread the values of the April 19 Revolution.”
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