Kim Seong-su (김성수, 金性洙; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955) was a

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n educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and calligrapher, and the second

vice president of South Korea The vice president of the Republic of Korea was the second highest executive office in South Korea. The position was abolished in 1960. The following is a list of vice presidents of South Korea since its independence. To avoid confusion, all th ...

from 1951–1952. He founded

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and

Dong-A Ilbo The ''Dong-A Ilbo'' (, literally ''East Asia Daily'') is a newspaper of record in Korea since 1920 with a daily circulation of more than 1.2 million and opinion leaders as its main readers. ''The Dong-A Ilbo'' is the parent company of Dong-A ...

. Kim was born in

Gochang Gochang County (''Gochang-gun'') is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a rural area, and is home to only one institution of higher education: Gochang Polytechnic College. Notable people from Gochang include the 20th-centur ...

county,

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province. Its nickname was Inchon (인촌; 仁村; "good village").

Life

Education

* 1908 October: Japan, Saysocugakuen English High School * 1910 March: Graduated from Jincheng Middle School * 1910 April:

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- Henan Branch * 1911

- Political and Economic Studies * 1914

- Political Science, Ph.D.

Life

* 1914 - Private school Hakusan High School building lease zoned * 1915 April - Joongang High School cited by the consortium * 1915 - Joongang High School

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teacher * Joongang High School General * 1917 October - Capital of New Zealand, Ltd. weave * 1919 -

March 1st Movement The March 1st Movement, also known as the Sam-il (3-1) Movement (Hangul: 삼일 운동; Hanja: 三一運動), was a protest movement by Korean people and students calling for independence from Japan in 1919, and protesting forced assimilation ...

, Tam was arrested and released. * 1920 April 1 - Creation of

* 1923 - Jo Man-sik Property Awards Campaigns * 1932 March - Financial difficulties of

cited the same year, Chang took office in June * 1937 -

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's university in Seoul founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong. It was the first university founded in South Korea. Currently, Ewha is one of the world's largest female educational ins ...

Director * 1941 -

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in WU's renamed request rejected * 1945 September - Co-founded Republic of Korea Democratic Party and became the leader after

Song Jin-woo Song Jin-woo (Hangul: 송진우, Hanja: 宋津宇; born February 16, 1966) is a retired South Korean left-handed pitcher who played for the Hanwha Eagles his entire career. Song played in the KBO League for 21 seasons between and . He current ...

was assassinated. * 1946 -

's Chairman quit * 1946 - South Korea transitional legislative assembly elections, to run for losers * 1948 -

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party in the first * 1948 August -

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and passed to fall * 1949 - Democratic Nationalist Party (민주국민당) merged with the Korea Democratic Party * 1951 May 17 -

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No. 2 on behalf of the Vice-President * 1952 May 29 -

No. 2 on behalf of the retiring Vice-President * Republic of Korea Democratic Party Consultant * 1955 February 18 - Kim Seong-su died in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

Books

* 《InCheonjip》 (인촌집)

References

* Choong Soon Kim, Sŏng-su Kim, 《A Korean nationalist entrepreneur: a life history of Kim Sŏngsu, 1891-1955》 (SUNY Press, 1998) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Seong-su 1891 births 1955 deaths People from Gochang County Waseda University alumni South Korean civil rights activists Korean collaborators with Imperial Japan Korean revolutionaries Korean independence activists South Korean anti-communists South Korean Methodists Vice presidents of South Korea South Korean journalists Korean educators 20th-century journalists

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