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 Japan. After the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance peaked in the March 1st Movement of 1919, which ...

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 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 Seoul Shinmun'' (translating to The Seoul Newspaper) is the oldest daily newspaper in South Korea with more than a century of publication. Its original name was ''Daehan Maeil Sinbo'' (''The Korea Daily News''), which was started on July 1 ...

(), 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 Carter J. Eckert is an American academic and author and the Professor of History of Korea, Korean History at Harvard University. Early life and education Eckert was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lawrence University, where he studied Histor ...

, 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), 246.

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1871 births 1938 deaths Korean independence activists {{Korea-bio-stub Officials of the Korean Empire