The Korea Liberation Corps () was a
Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...
n association formed in 1913 to fight against
Japanese rule. At its height its members numbered about 200. The
Korea Liberation Association (대한광복회, 大韓光復會) was a successor organization to Korea Liberation Corps.
The corps was initially organized in
Punggi by Kim Byeong-yeol, Kang Byeong-su, Yu Chang-sun, Jang Du-hwan, Yi Gak, Han Hun, Yu Jang-yeol, Jeong Jin-hwa, Chae Gi-jung, Jeong Man-gyo, Hwang Sang-gyu, Kim Sang-ok, and Jeong Un-hong. This group is sometimes called the "Punggi Gwangbokdan," or Punggi Liberation Corps. In 1915 this group united with a group of independence leaders in
Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
at an assembly in
Dalseong Park
Dalseong Park () is a park located in Jung District, Daegu, South Korea. The park includes Gwanpungnu Pavilion, a local history hall, a zoo, and some monuments.
On January 21, 1963, it was designated Historic Site of South Korea No. 62.
Histor ...
, to officially form the Korea Liberation Corps. Its first commander-in-chief was
Park Sang-jin.
This anti-Japanese independence group sourced money for the training of troops, trained troops, planned assassinations of pro-Japanese Koreans (and other pro-Japanese in Korea), formed a provisional government, and worked with domestic and foreign organizations (to increase foreign understanding of Korea under Japanese occupation and get foreign funding) in the 1910s.
A memorial park for the corps was created in
Punggi-eup
Punggi-eup (Hangeul: 풍기읍; Hanja: ) is a town in the outer regions of Yeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It has a population of about 16,000.
A portion of Sobaeksan National Park and the Memorial Park for the Korea Liberation C ...
in 1994 and completed in 2003.
See also
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History of Korea
The Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago.
Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825.
The earl ...
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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 a ...
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Liberation Association
The Liberation Association () or Korea Liberation Association is an organization formed by Korean independence activists, their descendants, and bereaved families in the South Korea and aims to promote "promote minjok jeonggi, national spirit and ...
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List of militant Korean independence activist organizations
During the Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation of Korea, some groups participated in violent resistance against the Empire of Japan, as part of the Korean independence movement. They functioned as a big tent political movement that repre ...
References
*"대한 광복단의 항일 투쟁," pp. 595–598 in
External links
Invil profile of the memorial parkProfile of Yu Chang-sun
North Gyeongsang Province
Militant Korean independence activist organizations
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