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List Of Korean Independence Activists
The following is a list of people (including non-Koreans) that participated in the Korean independence movement against the colonization of Korea by Japan. Early activists People whose main independence activities were conducted before 1910, during Joseon and the Korean Empire. * Yi Han-eung * Choe Ik-hyeon * Min Yeong-hwan * Shin Dol-seok * Yi Tjoune * Yi Wi-jong * Choe Sihyeong Korean activists Ethnic Koreans whose main independence activities were after 1910. * Ahn Chang Ho * Ahn Bong-soon * Hong Jin * Jo So-ang * Kim Ku * Kim Kyu-sik * Lee Beom-seok * No Baek-rin * Park Eunsik * Syngman Rhee * Yang Gi-tak * Yi Dong-hwi * Yi Dong-nyung * Yi Sang-ryong * Han Kyu-seol * Jeong Jong-myeong * Cho Man-sik * * Yi Sang-seol * An Jung-geun * * * * Choi Jin-dong * * * Kang Woo-kyu * Jang In-hwan * Jeon Myeong-un * * * * Kim Sang-ok * Lee Bong-chang * Lee Hoe-yeong * Na Seok-ju * * Park Yeol * * Yun Bong-gil * * * * * * Baek Jung Gi * Yeom Dong-jin * ...
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Korean Independence Movement
The Korean independence movement was a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve the independence of Korea from Japan. After the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance peaked in the March 1st Movement of 1919, which was crushed and sent Korean leaders to flee into China. In China, Korean independence activists built ties with the National Government of the Republic of China which supported the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (KPG), as a government in exile. At the same time, the Korean Liberation Army, which operated under the Chinese National Military Council and then the KPG, led attacks against Japan. After the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, China became one of the Allies of World War II. In the Second Sino-Japanese War, China attempted to use this influence to assert Allied recognition of the KPG. However, the United States was skeptical of Korean unity and readiness for independence, preferring an international trusteeshi ...
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Lee Beom-seok (Prime Minister)
Lee Beom-seok (October 20, 1900 – May 11, 1972) was a Korean independence activist and the first prime minister of South Korea from 1948 to 1950. He also headed the Korean National Youth Association (조선민족청년단, 朝鮮民族靑年團). His nickname was Cheolgi. Biography Lee Beom-seok was born in Gyeongseong (now Seoul) on October 20, 1900. Lee's father was an officer in the Joseon Dynasty and he was a descendant of Sejong the Great's son 'Gwangpyeong Daegun ()'. Lee Beom-seok was exiled to the Republic of China after participating in independence activities as a teenager. In 1919, he started studying at the Shinheung military academy (), a military school whose goal was to build a new army to fight for independence. Soon after, Lee fought in the Battle of Cheongsanni, a six-day engagement in eastern Manchuria. He later served as a general in the Korean Liberation Army for the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. In 1945, Lee attempted to return to ...
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Choi Jin-dong
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An Jung-geun
Ahn Jung-geun, sometimes spelled Ahn Joong-keun (; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910; baptismal name: Thomas Ahn ), was a Korean-independence activist, nationalist, and pan-Asianist. He is famous for assassination of Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan. On 26 October 1909, he assassinated Prince Itō Hirobumi, a four-time Prime Minister of Japan, former Resident-General of Korea, and then President of the Privy Council of Japan, following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan. He was imprisoned and later executed by Japanese authorities on 26 March 1910. Ahn was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1962 by the South Korean government, the most prestigious civil decoration in the Republic of Korea, for his efforts for Korean independence. Biography Early accounts Ahn was born on 2 September 1879, in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, the first son of Ahn Taehun (안태훈; 安泰勳) and Cho Maria ( ...
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Yi Sang-seol
Sangsul Yi (Jincheon County, December 7, 1870 – Ussuriysk, April 1, 1917), also known as Yi Sang-seol, was a Korean civil servant and independence activist. Life Sangsul Yi was born in Jincheon (진천) in the province of Chungcheong and was sprung from a Yi Haeng-u's loin. He was famous for his brightness, so in 1876, at the age of 7, he was adopted into Yi Yong-u's family and he relocated to Seoul. In 1896, he became a professor of Seonggyungwan. In 1904, when the Empire of Japan demanded the reclamation right of wasteland, he made an appeal to the king to refuse that. In 1905, at that time of Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, he made an appeal to the king to oppose the treaty and execute the Five Eulsa Traitors times. However, he left office and attempted suicide. From then on, he take the initiative in restoring national right and patriotic enlightenment movement. In 1907 he and his compatriots Yi Tjoune and Tjyongoui Yi were delegated by Emperor Gojong to attend the Seco ...
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Cho Man-sik
Cho Man-sik ( ko, 조만식; pen-name Kodang; 1 February 1883 – 15 or 18 October 1950) was a nationalist activist in Korea's independence movement. He became involved in the power struggle that enveloped North Korea in the months following the Japanese surrender after World War II. Originally, Cho was supported by the Soviet Union for the eventual rule of North Korea. However, due to his opposition to trusteeship, Cho lost Soviet support and was forced from power by the Soviet-backed and pro Soviet communists in the north (a predecessor of the Workers' Party of Korea). Placed under house arrest in January 1946, he later disappeared into the North Korean prison system, where confirmed reports of him end. He is generally believed to have been executed soon after the start of the Korean War, possibly in October 1950. Early life Cho was born in Kangsŏ-gun, South P'yŏngan Province, now in North Korea on 1 February 1883. He was raised and educated in a traditional Confucian ...
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Jeong Jong-myeong
Jeong (the Revised Romanization spelling of ) may refer to: *Jeong (surname) *Jung (Korean given name) Jung, also spelled Jeong or Jong, Chung, Chong is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 84 hanja with the reading "''jung'' ... * Qing (concept), concept from Neo-Confucian philosophy {{Disambiguation ...
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Han Kyu-seol
Han Kyu-seol (Hangul:한규설, Hanja:韓圭卨 29 February 1848 – 22 September 1930) was a prime minister of Korean Empire when Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed. Han opposed the treaty, but he failed to prevent it from being signed. Life Han was born on 29 February 1848 in Seoul. In his young age, Han passed the Gwageo's military examination. In 1884, Han became the commander of army of the in Gyeongsang-right province. During the Gapsin Coup, his younger brother, Han Kyu-jin was killed. Gojong of Korea was pathetic about him so that Gojong appointed Han one of the Commissioner Generals of the police. With Yu Kil-chun, Han traveled United States. After the proclaim of Korean Empire, Han was appointed in many important jobs. On 15 February 1902, Han was appointed as Minister of Law. On 27 August 1905, Han was appointed as the prime minister, then Lieutenant General of the army on 8 November 1905. As a prime minister, Han opposed the Eulsa Treaty. However, Han failed to ...
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Yi Sang-ryong
Yi Sang-ryong (November 24, 1859 – June 15, 1932) was a Korean Liberation activist, serving as the third president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1925 to 1926. Yi Sang-ryong, along with Yi Si-yeong and Yi Dong-nyung, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) in 1911. Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, ''Korea Old and New: A History'' (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 274. He participated in Korean independence movement The Korean independence movement was a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve the independence of Korea from Empire of Japan, Japan. After the Japanese Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, annexation of Korea in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance pe ... Notes Korean independence activists 1858 births 1932 deaths Goseong Lee clan {{Korea-bio-stub ...
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Yi Dong-nyung
Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung) was a Korean independence activist. He served as the fourth (1926), seventh (1927–1930), eighth (1930–1933), tenth (1935–1939), and eleventh (1939–1940) President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile in Shanghai, China. Yi Dongnyeong, along with Yi Si-yeong, Yi Hoe-young and Yi Sang-ryong, started the ''Military School of the New Rising'' (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) or Shinheung Military Academy in 1911. Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, ''Korea Old and New: A History'' (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 274. He then took part in the establishment of an interim government, leading a provisional government overseas for half his life, and died of overwork in the discipline of Sacheon on March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *15 ...
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Yi Dong-hwi
Yi Donghwi (; August 2, 1873 ~ January 31, 1935) was a prominent Communist politician of Korea, and the second Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. In 1911, Yi was exiled in Manchuria and moved to Primorsky Krai. From 1919 to 1921, he was the defense minister of the government in exile in Shanghai. Yi died in 1935 in Shinhanchon, Vladivostok, Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ..., and was reinterred in South Korea in 2007. References External links Brief Biography of Yi Donghwi(Korean) 1873 births 1935 deaths Korean politicians Korean socialists Korean expatriates in the Soviet Union {{Korea-bio-stub Imperial Korean military personnel ...
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Yang Gi-tak
Yang Gi-tak (April 2, 1871 – April 20, 1938) was one of the leaders of Korean independence movement who served as the 9th president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1933 to 1935. Korea Daily News In 1904, Yang and British journalist Ernest Bethell first published Daehan Maeil Sinbo (), the newspaper which took an antagonistic views about Japanese reign. The paper illuminated many Koreans who were unaware of the problem, and also played a key role in leading the National Debt Repayment Movement. New People's Association In 1907, Yang played a key role in organizing the New People's Association () to promote industry and Korean independence. Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee Ki-baik Lee (1924–2004) was a leading South Korean historian. He was born in Jeongju-gun, in North Pyeongan province in what is today North Korea. He graduated from the Osan School in 1941, attending Waseda University in Tokyo but ultimately ..., Young Ick Lew, Michael Robin ...
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