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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lee Beom-seok (Prime Minister)
Lee Beom-seok (; October 20, 1900 – May 11, 1972), also known by his art name Cheolgi, was a Korean independence activist who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1948 to 1950. He also headed the Korean National Youth Association. Early life Lee Beom-seok on October 20, 1900 was born in Seoul, Korean Empire. Lee's father was an officer. He was a descendant of Sejong the Great's son Gwangpyeong Daegun (). Career in exile Lee and thousands of other Korean independence activists went into exile in the Republic of China after the violent suppression by the Japanese of the March First Movement. In 1919, he started studying at the Shinheung military academy (), which was created to build an army to fight for independence. Soon after, Lee fought in the Battle of Cheongsanni, a six-day engagement in eastern Manchuria. In 1941, he served as a general and chief of staff in the Korean Liberation Army, the army of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ko ...
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Choi Jin-dong
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An Jung-geun
An Jung-geun (; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910) was a Korean independence activist. He is remembered as a martyr in both South and North Korea for his 1909 assassination of the Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi, who had previously served as the first prime minister of Japan and Japanese Resident-General of Korea. An was imprisoned and later executed by Japanese authorities on 26 March 1910. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1962 by the South Korean government, the most prestigious civil decoration in the Republic of Korea, for his efforts for Korean independence. Biography Early accounts An was born on 2 September 1879, in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, Joseon. He was the first son of and , of the Sunheung An clan (). Ahn is the 26th great-grandson of Ahn Hyang. His childhood name was (안응칠; 安應七; ). The name originated from seven dots on the chest and stomach, meaning that it was born in accordance with the energy of t ...
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Yi Sang-seol
Yi or YI may refer to: Philosophic principle * Yi (philosophy) (义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the Three Fundamental Bonds and Five Constant Virtues Ethnic groups * Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ''Yí''), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient China * Yi people (Chinese: , ''Yí''; Vietnamese: ''Lô Lô''), an ethnic group in modern China, Vietnam, and Thailand Language * Yi (Cyrillic), the letter of the Ukrainian alphabet written "Ї" and "ї" * Yi language or the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people of China * Yi script, either of two scripts used to write the Yi languages * Yiddish (ISO 639-1 language code: yi), the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews * Yi, an obsolete Japanese kana Mythology and religion * Yi the Archer or Houyi, a heroic archer and hunter in Chinese mythology * Yi (husbandman), also known as Boyi or Bo Yi, a heroic user of fire and government minister in Chinese mythology People Surname * Yi ( ...
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Cho Man-sik
Cho Man-sik (; 1 February 1883 – possibly October 1950), also known by his art name Godang (), was a Korean independence activist. He became involved in the power struggle that enveloped North Korea in the months following the Japanese surrender after World War II. Originally, Cho was supported by the Soviet Union for the eventual rule of North Korea. However, due to his opposition to trusteeship, Cho lost Soviet support and was forced from power by the Soviet-backed and pro Soviet communists in the north (a predecessor of the Workers' Party of Korea). Placed under house arrest in January 1946, he later disappeared into the North Korean prison system, where confirmed reports of him end. He is generally believed to have been executed soon after the start of the Korean War, possibly in October 1950. Early life Cho was born on 1 February 1883 in Kangsŏ-gun, South P'yŏngan Province, Joseon. He was of the Changnyeong Jo clan. He was raised and educated in a traditional ...
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Jeong Jong-myeong
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Han Kyu-seol
Han Kyu-seol (; 29 February 1848 – 22 September 1930) was a prime minister of Korean Empire when the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed. Han opposed the treaty, but failed to prevent it from being signed. Biography Han was born on 29 February 1848 in Seoul. In his youth, Han passed the Gwageo's military examination, and was appointed as the commander of army of the in Gyeongsang-right province. After serving at various posts, Han was appointed as Mayor of Seoul in 1887. Later in 1896, he was promoted to Minister of Law. When the Independence Club was formed, Han demonstrated favor for the liberal political party; he was appointed as the Speaker of the National Assembly when the People's Joint Association was at its peak. To soothe the disgruntled public after arresting 17 leaders of the Independence club, Emperor Gojong appointed Han as the chief judge of the court. Han delivered the arrested leaders light punishments. However as the Imperial government disbanded the In ...
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Yi Sang-ryong
Yi Sangnyong (; November 24, 1858 – 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 Sangnyong, along with Yi Si-yeong and Yi Dong-nyung, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) in 1911.Carter J. Eckert, 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), 274. He participated in 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 a ... Notes 1858 births 1932 deaths Goseong Lee clan Members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea {{Korea-bio-stub ...
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Yi Dong-nyung
Yi or YI may refer to: Philosophic principle * Yi (philosophy) (义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the Three Fundamental Bonds and Five Constant Virtues Ethnic groups * Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ''Yí''), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient China * Yi people (Chinese: , ''Yí''; Vietnamese: ''Lô Lô''), an ethnic group in modern China, Vietnam, and Thailand Language * Yi (Cyrillic), the letter of the Ukrainian alphabet written "Ї" and "ї" * Yi language or the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people of China * Yi script, either of two scripts used to write the Yi languages * Yiddish (ISO 639-1 language code: yi), the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews * Yi, an obsolete Japanese kana Mythology and religion * Yi the Archer or Houyi, a heroic archer and hunter in Chinese mythology * Yi (husbandman), also known as Boyi or Bo Yi, a heroic user of fire and government minister in Chinese mythology People Surname * Yi ( ...
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Yi Dong-hwi
Yi Tonghwi (; August 2, 1873 – January 31, 1935) was a prominent Communist politician of Korea, and the second Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. In 1911, Yi was exiled in Manchuria and moved to Primorsky Krai. From 1919 to 1921, he was the defense minister of the government in exile in Shanghai. Yi died in 1935 in Shinhanchon, Vladivostok, Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ..., and was reinterred in South Korea in 2007. References External links Brief Biography of Yi Tonghwi(Korean) 1873 births 1935 deaths Korean politicians Korean socialists Korean expatriates in the Soviet Union {{Korea-bio-stub Imperial Korean military personnel Members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea ...
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Yang Gi-tak
Yang Kit'ak (; 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. ''The Korea Daily News'' In 1904, Yang and British journalist Ernest Bethell first published ''Daehan Maeil Sinbo'' (), the newspaper publicly opposed Japanese actions in Korea. He and the newspaper played a significant role in 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 (1945 – December 2024) was an American historian who specialized in Korean history. He was the Yoon Se Young Professor of History of Korea, Korean History at Harvard University. Early life and education Eckert was born in Chi ..., Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, ''Korea Old and New: A Histo ...
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