On March 26, 2020, a memorial monument for Koreans was built in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The memorial stone engraved the names of five Korean workers, including Kim Byung-soon, who died in an accident during the construction of the Kobe water supply in March 1914. The Japanese and Korean residents of Takarazuka have been holding annual memorial services for the Korean victims for the past 100 years, discovering and recording their sacrifices, and eventually established a memorial stone under the cooperation of the Takarazuka municipal government. This article identified a series of processes where the construction of has been led to the presentation of . Considering these activities as a typical example of Korean-style public diplomacy, it is pointed out that it is important to pursue universal values based on humanity and human rights in public diplomacy and the cooperation among the three actors of public diplomacy.