"March For the Beloved" (Korean: 임을 위한 행진곡; Hanja: 임을 爲한 行進曲; RR: Imeul Wihan Haengjingok) is a Korean protest song that was composed in 1981 in honor of Democracy activist Yoon Sang-won and labor activist Park Ki-soon, who were killed during the Gwangju Uprising in 1980.
[5] In 1981, novelist Hwang Sok-yong, musician Kim Jong-ryul (a student at Chonnam National University) and 15 Noraepae (musical groups that composed minjunggayos) in the Gwangju region jointly created the song.
[6] The musical was dedicated to the "soul wedding" of Yoon Sang-won (Spokesperson for the civil army during the Gwangju uprising) and labor activist Park Ki-soon.
The lyrics are based on a long poem called the "Moitbinari-dedicated to the young dancers of the southern lands", which was composed in prison by civic activist Baek Ki-wan in December 1980.
It has been adapted and sung in the local languages of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Myanmar (Burma).
After returning to Taiwan, he took the car of Zheng Cunqi, a well-known Taiwanese labor activist who was an advisor to the Taoqin trade union at that time, to Shitou Mountain in Hsinchu City to participate in training related to autumn fighting .
[22] The "Battle Hymn of Laborers - Song of Gwangju, South Korea" included in the 2008 album "Black Hand Ginseng" by the Black Hand Nakashi Workers Band sings "Battle Hymn of Laborers" written by Ke Zhenglong and Jiang Jintai in Chinese and Korean, and the original version "Dedicated to Your March" also greatly promoted this song in Taiwan.
At this time, South Korea was still in the era of Chun Doo-hwan's rule, and the Korean Federation of Christian Student Unions was a staunch supporter of the democratization movement,[32] and they often sang "March for You" in gatherings with Hong Kong youths.
In 1998, Billy formed the social movement band Noise Cooperative and heard Taiwan's "Battle Hymn of Labor".
As musicians who are also enthusiastic about the labor movement, the Migrant Youth Art Troupe maintains a good relationship with Taiwan's black hand Nakashi Workers Band and Hong Kong's Noise Cooperative, and it was Billy of the Noise Cooperative who encouraged them to contribute to this song Created the mainland version.