Seventy seven year-old Yeo Won-ku, the daughter of late independence activist Yeo Un-hyung and a high-ranking official in North Korea, has refused to accept South Korea's recent presidential award honoring the activist.

Pyongyang Radio quoted Yeo's daughter as saying in a recent interview that it was inappropriate for South Korea to engage in ideology conflicts when referring to past national heroes.

The late Yeo was recently granted the award, along with 101 other socialist or leftist activists who sought to liberate the country from Japanese colonial rule but had not been given proper recognition due to their ideological stance.

Other relatives of Yeo living in South Korea, however, have apparently agreed to accept the award.