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Korean Independence Activists
The following is a list of known people (including non-Koreans) that participated in the Korean independence movement against the Korea under Japanese rule, 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 (Prime Minister), 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 (independence activist), Kim Sang-ok * Lee Bong-chang * Lee Hoe-yeong * Na S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Independence Movement
The Korean independence movement was a series of diplomatic and militant efforts to liberate Korea from Japanese rule. The movement began around the late 19th or early 20th century, and ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. As independence activism on the peninsula was largely suppressed by Japan, many significant efforts were conducted abroad by the Korean diaspora, as well as by a number of sympathetic non-Koreans. In the mid-19th century, Japan and China were forced out of their policies of isolationism by the West. Japan then proceeded to rapidly modernize, forcefully open Korea, and establish its own hegemony over the peninsula. Eventually, it formally annexed Korea in 1910. The 1919 March First Movement protests are widely seen as a significant catalyst for the international independence movement, although domestically the protests were violently suppressed. In the aftermath of the protests, thousands of Korean independence activists fled abroad, mostly to China. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |