The following is a list of people (including non-Koreans) that participated in the

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 ...

against the colonization of Korea by Japan.

Early activists

People whose main independence activities were conducted before 1910, during

Joseon Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

and the

Korean Empire The Korean Empire () was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by Emperor Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. The empire stood until Japan's annexation of Korea in August 1910. During the Korean Empire, Emperor Gojong oversaw the Gwa ...

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Min Yeong-hwan Min Yeong-hwan (민영환, 閔泳煥; 7 August 1861 - 30 November 1905) was a politician, diplomat, and general of the Korean Empire and known as a conservative proponent for reform. He was born in Seoul into the powerful Yeoheung Min clan whic ...

Shin Dol-seok Shin Dol-seok () was a Korean general of a Righteous Army that fought against the Japanese army in the early 20th century. He was born in Yeonghae (now Yeongdeok), North Gyeongsang Province. Military career Righteous armies emerged in the afterma ...

Yi Tjoune Yi Tjoune (December 18, 1859 – July 14, 1907), also known as Yi Jun (이준), was a Korean prosecutor and diplomat and the father of the North Korean politician Lee Yong. Early life and education Yi Tjoune was born in Bukcheong in the pro ...

Yi Wi-jong Ouitjyong Yi (1884–1924(?)), also known as Yi Wi-jong, was a Korean diplomat and military officer. His name in Russian is Vladimir Sergeyevich Li (). His father Yi Beom-Jin was a politician. Yi Wi-Jong took part in World War I as a 2nd lieut ...

Choe Sihyeong Choe Si-hyeong ( ko, 최시형; 1827–1898), birth name Choe Gyeong-sang, was born in Gyeongju. His posthumous name was Si-hyeong and his honorific title was Hae-wol (해월), and he is referred to hereafter by that name. He was the second leade ...

Korean activists

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Ahn Chang Ho Ahn Changho, sometimes An Chang-ho (; , November 9, 1878 – March 10, 1938) was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also referred to by his pen na ...

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Hong Jin Hong Jin (27 August 1877 – 9 September 1946), also known as Hong Myeon-hui, was a leader of the Korean independence movement. He is also sometimes known by his pen name Mano (만오, 晩悟), and his Christian name, Andre. He was born under th ...

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Kim Ku Kim Gu (, ; August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), also known by his pen name Baekbeom (백범; ), was a Korean statesman. He was the sixth, ninth, and president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea; a leader of the Korean indepen ...

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Park Eunsik Park Eunsik (September 30, 1859 - November 1, 1925) was a Korean historian and the second President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai during part of 1925. Soon after the impeachment of Syngman Rhee from the presid ...

Syngman Rhee Syngman Rhee (, ; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ko ...

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 ...

* Yi Dong-hwi *

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 ...

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-nyun ...

* Han Kyu-seol *

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. ...

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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 s ...

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 ...

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Choi Jin-dong Choi may refer to: * Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname * Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐) * Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname * CHOI-FM, a radio statio ...

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Kang Woo-kyu Kang Woo Kyu ( Korean : 강우규, Hanja : 姜宇奎, April 20, 1855 – November 29, 1920) was a doctor of Korean medicine and a fighter for Korean independence during the Japanese colonial period. In 1919, Kang tried to assassinate Saitō Mak ...

Jang In-hwan Jang In-hwan (March 30, 1875 – April 24, 1930) was a Korean independence activist. He is best known along with Jeon Myeong-un for his role in the 1908 assassination of Durham Stevens, a former diplomat and Japan lobbyist. Incident Jang, ...

Jeon Myeong-un Jeon Myeong-un (June 25, 1884 – November 19, 1947) was a Korean independence activist. He is best known along with Jang In-hwan for his role in the 1908 assassination of Durham Stevens, a former American diplomat in Japan who was later appoin ...

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Kim Sang-ok Kim Sang-ok (; March 15, 1920 – October 31, 2004) was a self-educated South Korean poet."Kim Sang-ok" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Kim Sang-ok was born on March 15, ...

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Park Yeol Pak Yol (1902–1974, born Pak Jun-sik) or Bak Yeol, was a Korean anarchist and independence activist who was convicted of high treason in Japan for conspiring to attack the Imperial House of Japan. In popular culture * Portrayed by Lee Je- ...

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Yun Bong-gil Yun Bong-gil (21 June 1908 – 19 December 1932) was a Korean independence activist who set off a bomb that killed several Japanese dignitaries in Shanghai's Hongkew Park (now Lu Xun Park) in 1932. He was posthumously awarded the Republic of Kor ...

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Baek Jung Gi Baek Jeong-gi (백정기, 19 January 1896 – 5 June 1934) was a Korean anarchist independence fighter during the Japanese occupation. Early life He was born in Buan, North Jeolla. After death In 1946, Pak Yol recovered the remains of L ...

Yeom Dong-jin Yeom Dong-jin (korean:염동진, hanja廉東振, February 14, 1909 – June 25, 1950), also known as Yeom Eung-Taik (korean:염응택, hanja廉應澤), was a Korean politician, and independent artist. He was a leader of Baekuisa (hangul:백� ...

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Lim Chi-jung Lim Chi Jung (), (September 26, 1880 – January 9, 1932), was a Korean independence activist and supporter of the Korean Independence Movement. Biography Early life Born in 1880 in the region of Pyong Aang Nam-Do, Korea, Lim received 7–8 year ...

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Ok Kwan-bin Ok Kwan-bin (hangul:옥관빈, hanja:玉觀彬, ? - August 1, 1933) was a Korean Resistance activist and politician, Businessman. member of Shinminhoi(신민회;新民會) and Provisional Government of Koreas(대한민국 임시정부). See al ...

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Ahn Doo-hee Ahn Doo-hee (alternative spelling: Ahn Doo-whi) (24 March 1917 in Ryūsen-gun, Heianhoku-dō, Chōsen – 23 October 1996) was a Korean lieutenant who carried out the assassination of independence activist Korean leader Kim Koo on 26 June 1 ...

Kim Jong-suk Kim Jong-suk (; 24 December 1917Suh Dae-sook. Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. – 22 September 1949) was a Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla, a Communist activist, North Korean leader Kim Il ...

Hong Beom-do Hong Beom-do (; russian: Хон Бом До; August 27, 1868 – October 25, 1943), was a Korean independence movement, Korean independence activist and general. Biography Hong was born in Chasong, North Pyongan. During his early life, he was ...

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Lee Yong-dam Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...

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Seo Il Seo Il (; 26 February 1881 – 27 June 1921) was a Daejonggyo priest and independence activist who was credited for creating famous generals of the independence army, such as General Kim Jwa-jin whom they participated in the Battle of Cheongsanr ...

Kim Chwa-chin Kim Chwa-jin or Kim Jwa-jin (December 16, 1889 – January 24, 1930), sometimes called by his pen name Baegya, was a Korean general, independence activist, and anarchist who played an important role in the early attempts at development of anarch ...

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Ji Cheong-cheon Ji Cheong-cheon (25 January 1888 – 15 January 1957), also known as Yi Cheong-cheon, was a Korean independence activist during the period of Japanese rule (1910–1945). He later became a South Korean politician. His name was originally ...

Kim Dubong Kim Tu-bong (16 February 1889 – March 1958 or later) was the first Chairman of the Workers' Party of North Korea (a predecessor of today WPK) from 1946 to 1949. He was known in Korean history as a linguist, scholar, revolutionary and politic ...

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Kim Wonbong Kim Won-bong (김원봉, 金元鳳 – 1958) was a Korean anarchist, independence activist, communist, and statesman from North Korea. Biography Kim Won-bong was born in 1898, in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-Do province, Korea. His father was Kim Ju ...

* Lee Beom-seok *

Nam Ja-hyun Nam Ja-hyun ( ko, 남자현; December 7, 1872 – August 22, 1933) was a Korean independence activist. She participated in the March 1st Movement and defected to Manchuria, joined an independence revolution organization and carried out various ind ...

Park Yong-man Park Yong-man (); (2 July 1881 – 17 October 1928) was a Korean nationalist and independence activist who, after spending time in prison for reformist activities, immigrated to the United States of America. There Park was involved in the establ ...

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Kim Il Sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

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Han Yong-un Han Yong-un ( ko, 한용운; August 29, 1879 – June 29, 1944) was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his pen name; his ...

Kim Maria Maria Kim (June 18, 1891 – March 13, 1944) was a Korean independence activist during the period of Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). Her original name was Kim Jinsang (金眞常) and she also went by the name Kim Geunpo (金槿圃). She w ...

Son Byong Hi Son Byong-hi (April 8, 1861 – May 19, 1922) was a Korean religious leader and independence activist. He was born in Cheongju, in Chungcheong province. He became the third leader of Donghak (Eastern learning), an indigenous religious movement f ...

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Choe Sang-rim Choe Sang-rim( ko, 최상림) (17 November 1888 – 6 May 1945) was a Korean independence movement activist, Presbyterian priest, and educator during the Korea's independence movement. Life Born in Gijang-gun, Dongrae on 17 November 1888, Ch ...

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Kim Seong-su Kim Seong-su (김성수, 金性洙; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955) was a Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and calligrapher, and the second vice president of South Korea from 1951–19 ...

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Mangong Mangong (, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a Korean Buddhist monk, independence activist, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Province in 1871 and was ordain ...

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Yun Chi-young Yun Chi-Young (Korea:윤치영, hanja:尹致暎, February 10, 1898 – February 10, 1996) was an independence activist, journalist, and politician, diplomat of South Korea. He was the first Interior Minister (1948), 2nd Republic of Korea Ambass ...

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Chu Ki-chol Chu Ki-chol (, born Chu Ki-bok, 25 November 1897 – 21 April 1944) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and Christian martyrs, martyr. After having dropped out of Yonhi College due to poor health and being briefly associated with the March 1st ...

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Ham Tae-young Ham Tae-young, sometimes Hahm Tae Young, (October 22, 1873 – October 24, 1964) was a South Korean politician, pastor and leader of the Presbyterian Church of Korea. He was the third vice president of South Korea from 1952 to 1956. He was also a ...

Kim Iryeop Kim Il-yeop or Kim Iryŏp, (; 28 April 1896 – 28 May 1971) was a Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, and Buddhist nun. Her given name was Kim Wonju (). Her courtesy and dharma name was Iryeop (). Life Kim Iryeop was born to a Method ...

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Gil Seon-ju Gil Seon-ju () (25 March 1869 – 26 November 1935), considered by some to be the father of Korean Christianity, was one of the first Koreans ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He was an early supporter of Korean nationalism and helped shape the ...

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Mun Il-pyeong Mun Il-yeong (Hangeul: 문일평, Hanja: 文一平, Pen name: Ho Am (1888–1939) was a historian of the late Korean Joseon Dynasty, and an activist in the Korean independence movement during the period of Japanese rule. His research of Kore ...

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Sim Hun Shim Daeseop (12 September 1901 – 16 September 1936), more commonly known by his pen name Shim Hun (also spelled Sim Hun or Sim Hoonhttp://www.iansan.net/english/tourGuide/trace/ChoiYongsin.jsp?menuId=01014016), was a Korean novelist, poet, p ...

Yi Yuksa Yi Won-rok (May 18, 1904 – January 16, 1944), better known by his pen name Yi Yuksa, was a Korean poet and independence activist. As one of his country's most famous poets, he and his works symbolize the spirit of the anti-Japanese resista ...

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Kang Kyeong-ae Kang Kyŏng-ae (; 20 April 1906 – 26 April 1944) was a Korean writer, novelist and poet involved with the Feminist movement. She is also known by her penname Kang Gama. Life Kang Kyŏng-ae was born in Songhwa County, Hwanghae Province, ...

Gong Deok-gwi Gong Deok-gwi (April 21, 1911 — November 24, 1997 in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Korea) was the wife of Yun Bo-seon, and thus was the second First Lady of South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is ...

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Kim Jun-yop Kim Jun-Yop (26 August 1920 – 7 June 2011) was president of Korea University, a historian focusing on China and North Korea issues. Kim declined a nomination from Roh Tae-woo to become Prime Minister of South Korea in 1990, preferring ...

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Mirok Li Mirok Li (March 8, 1899 - March 20, 1950) was a Korean writer who spent much of the twentieth century in exile in Germany. Li was responsible for translating several Korean stories into German. Biography Growing up alongside four siblings, the ...

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Chu Yo-han Chu Yo-han (5 December 1900 – 17 November 1979) was a twentieth-century Korean poet, journalist, businessman and politician."Joo Yohan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: He came from the Shinan Chu clan (신 ...

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Jung Nosik Jung Nosik ( Korean: 정노식; Hanja:鄭魯湜; 1891 - 1965) is a Korean independence activist, socialist activist, and Pansori researcher. During the March 1st Movement, he participated in the socialist movement with 48 national representatives ...

Kim Myeong-sun Kim Myeong-sun ( ko, 김명순, Hanja: 金明淳) (20 January 1896 – 22 June 1951) was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. Life Kim Myeong-sun, who wrote under the pen names Tansil (탄실, 彈實) and Mangyangcho ( ...

* Na Hye-sok *

Park In-deok Park In-deok (; September 24, 1896 – April 3, 1980) was a Korean independence activist, educator, writer, poet and a social activist. She used the pen name of Eunbong (). Park Indeok belongs to the first generation of Korean female writers, al ...

Chung Chil-sung Jeong Chil-seong (; 1897 – c. 1958), also known by her art name Geumjuk (), was a Korean dancer, feminist, and Korean independence movement, independence activist. Biography She was born in Daegu province, one of twenty three provinces of ...

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Ho Jong-suk Ho Jong-suk (; July 16, 1908 – June 5, 1991) was a prominent female figure in the Communist Party of Korea and sexual liberation of Korea under Japanese rule. From 1948, she served multiple offices in North Korea, including the Minister of Hea ...

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Kim Kwang-hyop Kim Kwang-hyop ( ko, 김광협, 1915 – 1970) was a politician anti-Japanese activist and a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly, North Korea). He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Kor ...

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Mu Chong Mu Chong (, 1904–1952), born Kim Mu-chong (), was a Korean communist, independence activist, general and statesman of North Korea. He had been living in China for years when he joined the Chinese Communist Party fighting against the Japane ...

Kim Yong-bom Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was the Secretary of the North Korean Branch Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea, making him the second leader of the first predecessor organisation of the current-day Workers' Party of Ko ...

Kim Ung Kim Ung ( or ; 1912 – ?) was a North Korean general and vice-minister of defence. He was a member of the Yan'an faction. Chinese military Kim fled China to avoid the Japanese occupation, and was trained at the Whampoa Military Academy in ...

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Kim Chaek Kim Chaek (, 14 August 1903 – 31 January 1951) was a North Korean revolutionary, military general, and politician. His real name was Kim Hong-gye (). Life Kim Chaek was born in Sŏngjin, North Hamgyong, Korea, in 1903. He and his family ...

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Yi Kang-guk Yi Kang-guk (; 7 February 1906 – 1955) was a communist politician in the early years of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Biography Born in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do. He is a rumored Sujae who graduated from Bosong High School, and was ...

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Pak Kum-chol Pak Kum-chol ( ko, 박금철; 1911 – May 1967) was a North Korean politician. Having been a guerrilla during the anti-Japanese struggle, he became a high-ranking politician after the liberation of Korea. Pak aligned himself with his former g ...

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Paek Nam-Un Paek Nam-un ( ko, 백남운; 11 February 1894 – 12 June 1979) was an economist, educator and politician during the Japanese colonial period and following the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was a professor of econ ...

Sung Jusik Sung Jusik (Korean: 성주식; Hanja:成周寔; 1891 - 1959) is a Korean soldier, socialist independence activist at the time of Korea under Japanese rule and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In the time of Korea under ...

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Yi Kuk-no Yi Kuk-no ( ko, 이극로; August 28, 1893 – 1978) was born in Uiryeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, as a descendant of the 15th generation of Jeon Il-join, the 28th-year-old Ulsan Hwasu Association of Jeonui Yean, and the 15th-year-old commander of th ...

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Choe Deok-sin Choe Deok-sin (September 17, 1914 – November 14, 1989) was a South Korean Foreign Minister who later defected with his wife, Ryu Mi-yong, to North Korea. Choe was born in Uiju County, North Pyongan Province. In 1936, he graduated from th ...

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Ho Song-taek Ho Song-taek ( ko, 허성택, 1908 – 1958?) was a Korean labor activist, an independence activist, and a politician in the early years of North Korea. Biography Born and raised in Seongjin, Hambuk (nowadays Kimchaek), North Hamgyong Provinc ...

Hong Myong-hui Hong Myong-hui or Hong Myung-hee (; July 3, 1888 – March 5, 1968) was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and later a North Korean novelist and state official. He was born in Dongbu-ri, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do, where h ...

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Alexandra Kim Alexandra Petrovna Kim (Russian: ; born Kim Aerim; February 22, 1885 – September 16, 1918) was a Korean revolutionary political activist. Having joined the Bolsheviks in 1916, she is recognized as the first Korean communist. Early life Kim Aerim ...

Kim Pen Hwa Kim Pen Hwa (russian: Ким Пён Хва, ko, 김병화; – 7 May 1974) was the chairman of the collective farm 'Polyarnaya Zvezda' in the Uzbek SSR and twice Hero of Socialist Labour. Early life Kim was born into a Korean peasant family i ...

Non-Korean activists

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

Ernest Bethell Ernest Thomas Bethell (3 November 1872 – 1 May 1909), who is also known by his Korean name (, ), was a British journalist who founded a newspaper, '' The Korea Daily News'', antagonistic to Japanese rule. Arrival in Korea In 1904, Ernest Be ...

Frank Schofield Frank W. Schofield (1889–1970) was a British-born Canadian veterinarian and Protestant missionary who was involved in the Korean independence movement against the Japanese Empire. Schofield graduated in 1910 from the Ontario Veterinary Colleg ...

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Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...

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Tatsuji Fuse was a Japanese lawyer and social activist. Fuse was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 2004 by the South Korean government for his efforts for Korean independence movement. Early life Fuse was born in the rural ...

* George Ashmore Fitch * Clarence N. Weems Jr. * Robert Grierson *

Henry Berkowitz Henry Berkowitz (March 18, 1857 – February 7, 1924) was a Reform rabbi, educator and author. Early life and education Henry Berkowitz was born in Pittsburgh in 1857, the son of Louis and Henrietta (Jaroslawski) Berkowitz, both born and marr ...

Franziska Donner Francesca Maria Barbara Donner ( ko, 프란체스카 도너; ''Peurancheseuka Doneo''; June 15, 1900March 19, 1992) was the inaugural First Lady of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960, as the second wife of Syngman Rhee, the first president of the R ...

Norbert Weber Norbert Weber (20 December 1870 – 3 April 1956) was a German Catholic priest. He was of the Benedictine order and an archabbot of St. Ottilien Archabbey. He is remembered in South Korea for his role in starting the first male monastic order in ...

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George W. Norris George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...

Floyd W. Tomkins Floyd Williams Tomkins Jr. (New York, February 7, 1850 – Philadelphia, March 24, 1932) was an Episcopal American Deacon, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia in Rittenhouse Square for 33 years from 1899 to his sudden death in ...

Selden P. Spencer Selden Palmer Spencer (September 16, 1862May 16, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a United States Senator from Missouri. Early life Selden Spencer was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Samuel Selden and Eliza Debor ...

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Frederick Arthur MacKenzie Frederick Arthur MacKenzie (1869–1931) was a Canadian journalist that covered several geopolitical developments in East Asia in the early 20th century. He was one of the few Western journalists to cover the Russo-Japanese War from the Japanese ...

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Korean independence 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 ...