Yang Gi-tak (April 2, 1871 – April 20, 1938) was one of the leaders of
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 ...
who served as the 9th president of the
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
The Korean Provisional Government (KPG), formally the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, was a partially recognized Korean government-in-exile based in Shanghai, China, and later in Chongqing, during the period of Japanese co ...
from 1933 to 1935.
Korea Daily News
In 1904, Yang and British journalist
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 ...
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
The National Debt Repayment Movement (The National Debt Redemption Movement) was a movement to restore national power between 1907 and 1908 to repay government bonds with public fundraising. It was started by Seo Sang-dong of Daegu on 30 January 1 ...
.
New People's Association
In 1907, Yang played a key role in organizing the
New People's Association
The New People's Association, established in April 1906 was a clandestine organization for fostering the independence and national strength of the Korean Empire. The organization was formed by social activists such as Ahn Changho, Shin Chaeho, Par ...
() 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 Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, ''Korea Old and New: A History'' (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 246.
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1871 births
1938 deaths
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