The following is a list of known people (including non-Koreans) that participated in the

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 ...

against the colonization of Korea by Japan.

Early activists

People whose main independence activities were conducted before 1910, during

Joseon Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...

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Korean Empire The Korean Empire, officially the Empire of Korea or Imperial Korea, was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. The empire lasted until the Japanese annexation of Korea in August 1910. Dur ...

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Yi Han-eung Yi Han-eung (; 30 October 1874 – 12 May 1905) was a Korean diplomat in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, UK. He served as Chargé d'affaires, charge d'affaires of the Korean Emperor Gojong of Korea, Gojong to the UK and Kingd ...

Choe Ik-hyeon Choe Ik-hyeon (; 1833–1906, also transliterated as Choe Ik-hyun) was a Korean Joseon Dynasty scholar, politician, philosopher, and general of the Korean Righteous Army guerrilla forces. He was a strong supporter of Neo-Confucianism and a very v ...

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Shin Dol-seok Shin Dol-seok (; 1878 – 1908) was a Korean general of a righteous Army that fought against the Japanese army in the early 20th century. Early life He was born in Yeonghae (now Yeongdeok), North Gyeongsang Province. He was the son of Shin Se ...

Yi Tjoune Yi Chun (; December 18, 1859 – July 14, 1907), name sometimes rendered Yi Tjoune, was a Korean prosecutor and diplomat and the father of the North Korean politician Lee Yong. Early life Yi Chun was born in 1859 in Pukchong County, South Ha ...

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Choe Sihyeong Choe Si-hyeong (; 1827–1898), birth name Choe Gyeong-sang, was born in Gyeongju. His posthumous name was Si-hyeong and his honorific title was Hae-wol (), and he is referred to hereafter by that name. He was the second leader of Donghak during ...

Korean activists

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Ahn Chang Ho Ahn Chang Ho (; November 9, 1878 – March 10, 1938), sometimes An Chang-ho, was a prominent Korean politician, Korean independence activist, and an early leader of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also comm ...

Ahn Bong-soon Ahn Bong-Soon (; March 1, 1894 – February 25, 1967) was a Korean independence activist. He was a member of the Korean Provisional Government and of the Korean Liberation Army The Korean Liberation Army (KLA; ), also known as the Korean Rest ...

Hong Jin Hong Chin (; 27 August 1877 – 9 September 1946), also known as Hong Myŏnhŭi (), was a leader of the Korean independence movement. He is also sometimes known by his art name Mano (), and his Christian name, Andre. He was born in the Joseon p ...

Jo So-ang Jo So-ang (; 30 April 1887 – 10 September 1958) was a Korean politician, educator, and Korean independence activist. He spent much of his career in exile in China, working in the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. After Korea ga ...

Kim Ku Kim Ku (; August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), also known by his art name Paekpŏm, was a Korean independence activist and statesman. He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Provisional Gove ...

Kim Kyu-sik Kim Kyu-sik (, January 29, 1881 – December 10, 1950), also spelled Kimm Kiusic, was a Korean politician and academic during the Korean independence movement and a leader of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Kim served in var ...

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No Baek-rin No Paengnin () was an Imperial Korean army officer and independence activist. Life No was born on 15 February 1875 in Hwanghae Province. He studied traditional Korean studies. His father believed that his traits as soldier, showing up from h ...

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Syngman Rhee Syngman Rhee (; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965), also known by his art name Unam (), was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisiona ...

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 ...

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 Primorsk ...

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 peo ...

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-ny ...

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 Feb ...

Jeong Jong-myeong Jeong (the Revised Romanization spelling of ) may refer to: *Jeong (surname) *Jeong (given name) *Qing (concept) In Chinese philosophy, ''qing'' ( zh, c=, p=qíng) is a concept translated variously as "emotion", "feeling", "sentiment", or "passion" ...

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 su ...

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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 peo ...

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 a ...

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Choi Jin-dong Choi may refer to: * Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname * Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐) * Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname * CHOI-FM, a radio station ...

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Kang Woo-kyu Kang Woo Kyu (, April 20, 1855 – November 29, 1920) was a doctor of Korean medicine and a fighter for Korean independence during the Japanese colonial period. In 1919, Kang tried to assassinate Saitō Makoto, who was serving as the Governor-Ge ...

Jang In-hwan Jang In-hwan (; March 30, 1875 – April 24, 1930) was a Korean independence activist. He is best known along with Jeon Myeong-un for his role in the 1908 assassination of Durham Stevens, a former American diplomat, employee of the Japanese c ...

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Kim Sang-ok Kim Sang-ok (; March 15, 1920 – October 31, 2004) was a South Korean poet."Kim Sang-ok" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Kim Sang-ok was born on March 15, 1920, in Ton ...

Lee Bong-chang Lee Bong-chang (; August 10, 1900 – October 10, 1932) was a Korean independence activist. In Korea, he is remembered as a martyr due to his participation in the 1932 Sakuradamon incident, in which he attempted to assassinate the Japanese Emp ...

Lee Hoe-yeong Lee may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lee'' (2007 film), Tamil-language sports action film * ''Lee'' (2017 film), Kannada-language action film * ''Lee'' (2023 film), biographical drama about Lee Miller, American photojournalist * ''L ...

Na Seok-ju Na Seok-ju (February 4, 1892 – December 28, 1926) was a Korean independence activist. He lived during the Japanese colonization of Korea, and joined the Korean Provisional Government in their resistance against the Empire of Japan. He is mos ...

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Park Yeol A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. N ...

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Yun Bong-gil Yun Bong-gil (; 21 June 1908 – 19 December 1932) was a Korean independence movement, Korean independence activist. His art name is Maeheon (). He is most notable for his role in the Hongkou Park Incident, in which he set off a bomb that kille ...

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Yeom Dong-jin Yeom Dong-jin (; February 14, 1909 – after June 24, 1950), also known as Yeom Eung-taek, was a Korean far-right militant and independence activist. He was the main founder and leader of the White Shirts Society, a secret fascist terrorist ...

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Kim Jong-suk Kim Jong-suk (; 24 December 1917Suh Dae-sook. Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. – 22 September 1949) was a Korean revolutionary, anti-Japanese guerrilla, Communist activist, the first wi ...

Hong Beom-do General Hong Beom-do (; August 27, 1868 – October 25, 1943) was a Korean independence activist and national hero. Hong served as commander of a guerrilla unit of the Justice Army "Yibyon" within the Righteous armies and the Korean Independenc ...

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Kim Chwa-chin Kim Chwajin (; 24 November 1889 – 24 January 1930), also known by his art name Paegya, was a Korean military general, independence activist and anarchist. Born into a noble family, Kim was educated at a military academy shortly before the ...

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Ji Cheong-cheon Ji may refer to: Names and titles * Ji (surname), the pinyin romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames * Ji (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names (including lists of people with the name) * -ji, an honorific used a ...

* Kim Dubong *

Kim Jwa-jin Kim Chwajin (; 24 November 1889 – 24 January 1930), also known by his art name Paegya, was a Korean military general, independence activist and anarchist. Born into a noble family, Kim was educated at a military academy shortly before the J ...

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Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...

Choi Jin Dong Choi may refer to: * Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname * Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐) * Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname * CHOI-FM, a radio station ...

Han Yong-un Han Yong-un (; August 29, 1879 – June 29, 1944) was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his art name; his birth name was ...

Kim Maria Maria Kim (; June 18, 1891 – March 13, 1944) was a Korean independence activist during the period of Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). Her birth name was Kim Jin-sang (金眞常) and she also went by the name Kim Geun-po (金槿圃). She ...

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Kim Seong-su Kim Seong-su (; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955), art name Inchon, was a Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician, and calligrapher. He served as the second Vice President of South Korea from 1951 to ...

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Mangong Mangong (, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a Korean Buddhist monk, independence activist, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Province in 1871 and was ordai ...

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Yun Chi-young Yun Chi-Young (; 10 February 1898 – 9 February 1996) was a Korean independence activist, journalist, and politician, diplomat of South Korea. He was the first Interior Minister (1948), 2nd Republic of Korea Ambassador to France from 1950 to ...

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Ham Tae-young Ham Tae-young (; October 22, 1873 – October 24, 1964), sometimes Hahm Tae Young, was a South Korean politician, pastor and leader of the Presbyterian Church of Korea. He was the third Vice President of South Korea from 1952 to 1956. He was als ...

Kim Iryeop Kim Iryeop (; 28 April 1896 – 28 May 1971), also spelled Kim Iryŏp, was a South Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, and Buddhist nun. Her given name was Kim Wonju (). Her courtesy and dharma name was Iryeop. Biography Kim Iryeop w ...

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Gil Seon-ju Gil or GIL may refer to: Places * Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name * Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Hil, Azerbaijan, also spelled ''Gil, a village in Azerbaijan * Hiloba, also spelled ''Gil, ...

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Yongseong Baek Yongseong Jinjong (, 1864–1940) was a Korean Buddhist master who helped propagate Buddhism in Korea. Primarily grounded in the Seon tradition, he also set about teaching others of Pure Land Buddhism and undertook massive studies and tra ...

Son Byong-hi Son Byong-hi (; 8 April 1861 – 19 May 1922) was a Korean religious leader and independence activist. His religious name was Uiam. He was the third leader of Donghak, an indigenous religious movement founded from 1860 to 1864. The founder of ...

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An Jae-hong Ahn Chai-hong (, December 31, 1891 – March 1, 1965) was a Korean activist, politician, and journalist who participated in the Korean independence movement. See also * Korea Independence Party - Ahn Jae-hong was a member of the party here. ...

Choe Nam-seon Choi () is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized as ''Choi ...

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Mun Il-pyeong Mun Il-pyeong (; 1888–1939) was a historian of the late Korean Joseon Dynasty, and an activist in the Korean independence movement during the period of Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese rule. His art name was Ho Am. Early life Mun Il ...

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Shin Chae-ho Shin Chae-ho, or Sin Chaeho (; December 8, 1880 – February 21, 1936), was a Korean independence activist, historian, anarchist, nationalist, and a founder of Korean nationalist historiography (민족 사학, ''minjok sahak''; sometimes shortene ...

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Sim Hun Shim Daeseop (; 12 September 1901 – 16 September 1936), more commonly known by his art name Shim Hun (also spelled Sim Hun or Sim Hoon), was a Korean novelist, poet, and playwright. Biography Shim Hun was born in Seoul in 1901 to an old ''yang ...

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Yun Dong-ju Yun Dong-ju or Yoon Dong-ju (, ; 30 December 1917 – 16 February 1945) was a Korean poet. He is known for his lyric poetry, lyric poetries and for his poems dedicated to the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan. Yun was b ...

Soh Jaipil Seo Jae-pil (; January 7, 1864 – January 5, 1951), better known by his English name Philip Jaisohn, was a Korean Americans, Korean American politician, physician, and Korean independence movement, Korean independence activist. He was the fi ...

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Gong Deok-gwi Gong Deok-gwi (; April 21, 1911 – November 24, 1997) was the wife of Yun Po-sun Yun Po-sun (, or ; August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the president of South Korea from 1960 to 196 ...

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Chu Yo-han Chu Yo-han (; 5 December 1900 – 17 November 1979) was a twentieth-century Korean poet, journalist, businessman and politician."Joo Yohan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: He came from the Shinan Chu clan () ...

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Heo Jeong Ho Chong (; 8 April 1896 – 18 September 1988) was a South Korean politician and Korean independence activist who served as the prime minister of South Korea during the country's Second Republic. He also served as the acting president of South ...

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Jung Nosik Jung Nosik (; 1891 – 1965) is a Korean independence activist, socialist activist, and Pansori researcher. During the March 1st Movement, he participated in the socialist movement with 48 national representatives, worked in the Workers' Party of S ...

Kim Myeong-sun Kim Myeong-sun (; 20 January 1896 – 22 June 1951) was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. She wrote under the art names Tansil () and Mangyangcho (). Life Kim Myeong-sun was born in Pyongyang, Joseon in 1896. Kim a ...

Na Hye-sok NA, N.A., Na, nA or n/a may refer to: Chemistry and physics * Sodium, symbol Na, a chemical element * Avogadro constant (''N''A) * Nucleophilic addition, a type of reaction in organic chemistry * Numerical aperture, a number that characterizes a ...

Park In-deok Park In-deok (; September 24, 1896 – April 3, 1980) was a Korean independence activist, educator, writer, poet and a social activist. She used the art name of Eunbong (). Park Indeok belongs to the first generation of Korean female writers, al ...

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Sin Ik-hui Sin Ik-hui (; 9 June 1894 – 5 May 1956) was a Korean independence activist and politician. He was Speaker of the National Assembly during President Syngman Rhee's first term (4 August 1948 and 30 May 1950) and second term (19 June 1950 and ...

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Pak Hon-yong Pak Hon-yong (; 28 May 1900 – 18 December 1955), courtesy name Togyong (), was a Korean independence activist, politician, philosopher, communist activist and one of the main leaders of the Communist Party of Korea, Korean communist movement ...

Lyuh Woon-hyung Lyuh Woon-hyung (; 25 May 1886 – 19 July 1947), also known by his art name Mongyang (), was a Korean independence movement, Korean independence activist and Korean reunification, reunification activist. Lyuh was a prominent figure in the Pro ...

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Kim Chun-yon Kim Chun-yon (; 1895–1971) was a South Korean politician and journalist who served as the fourth minister of justice for South Korea from November 23, 1950, to May 6, 1951. Biography Kim was born in 1895 during the 32nd year of King Gojong' ...

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Choe Chang-ik Choe Chang-ik (, 1896–1960) was a Korean politician in the Japanese colonial era. He was a member of the Korean independence movement. He was also known by the names Choe Chang-sok (), Choe Chang-sun (), Choe Tong-u (), and Ri Kon-u. Early li ...

Ho Ka-i Alexei Ivanovich Hegai (; 18 March 1908 – 2 July 1953), also known as Ho Ka-i (), was a Soviet political operative in North Korea (DPRK) and leader of the Soviet Korean faction within the early political structure of North Korea. He was the ...

Ho Jong-suk Ho Jong-suk (; 16 July 1908 – 5 June 1991) was a prominent female figure in the Communist Party of Korea and in the sexual liberation movement of Korea under Japanese rule. From 1948, she served multiple offices in North Korea, including th ...

Ho Hon Ho Hon (; 22 July 1885 – 16 August 1951) was a Korean independence activist and politician of the Japanese colonial period and early years of North Korea. As a lawyer, he defended independence activists along with Lee In and Kim Byong-ro. In ...

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Kang Kon (; June 23, 1918 – September 8, 1950) was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula as well as a politician during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 1950. Bio ...

Kim Kwang-hyop Kim Kwang-hyop (, 1915–1970) was an anti-Japanese activist and a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly, North Korea). He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army. Biogra ...

Kim Tu-bong Kim Tu-bong (; 16 February 1889 – March 1958 or later) was the first Chairman of the Workers' Party of North Korea (one of two predecessors of today's Workers' Party of Korea, the other being Workers' Party of South Korea) from 1946 to 1949. ...

Mu Chong Mu Chong (, 1904–1952), born Kim Mu-chong (), was a Korean communist, independence activist, general and statesman of North Korea. He had been living in China for years when he joined the Chinese Communist Party fighting against the Japanes ...

Kim Yong-bom Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was a North Korean revolutionary and politician who led the Communist Party between 1945 and 1947. In the early 1930s, Kim studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in ...

Kim Ung Kim Ung (; or ; 1912 – ?) was a North Korean general and vice-minister of defence. He was a member of the Yan'an faction. Chinese military Kim fled China to avoid the Japanese occupation, and was trained at the Whampoa Military Academy ...

Kim Won-bong Kim Won-bong (; 1898 – ) was a Korean independence activist, Korean anarchist, communist, and later statesman for North Korea. He was a general of the Korean Liberation Army and the commander of the Heroic Corps and the Korean Volunteer ...

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Kim Chaek Kim Chaek (, 14 August 1903 – 31 January 1951) was a North Korean revolutionary, military general, and politician. His birth name was Kim Hong-gye (). Life 200px, left, Choe Yong-gon, Kim Chaek, Kim Il, and PPSh-41.html" ;"title="Kang K ...

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Yi Kang-guk Yi Kang-guk (; 7 February 1906 – 1955) was a communist politician in the early years of North Korea. Biography Born in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province. He is a rumored Sujae who graduated from Bosong High School, and was an elite theorist who studi ...

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Pak Kum-chol Pak Kum-chol (; 1911 – May 1967) was a North Korean politician. Having been a guerrilla during the anti-Japanese struggle, he became a high-ranking politician after the liberation of Korea. Pak aligned himself with his former guerrilla brothe ...

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Paek Nam-Un Paek Nam-un (; 11 February 1894 – 12 June 1979) was a Korean economist, educator, and political activist during the Japanese colonial period and later a politician in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. As a professor of economics a ...

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Choe Deok-sin Choe Deok-sin (; September 17, 1914 – November 14, 1989) was a South Korean Foreign Minister who later defected with his wife, Ryu Mi-yong, to North Korea. Choe was born in Uiju County, North Pyongan Province. In 1936, he graduated fro ...

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Choe Hyon Choe Hyon (, 6 May 1907 – 10 April 1982), also known as Sai Ken (after the Japanese pronunciation of his name), was a North Korean general and politician. Born in China to ethnic Korean parents, Choe fought in the anti-Japanese struggle from ...

Ho Song-taek Ho Song-taek (, 1908 – 1958?) was a Korean labor activist, an independence activist, and a politician in the early years of North Korea. Biography Born and raised in Seongjin, Hambuk (nowadays Kimchaek), North Hamgyong Province, he led the a ...

Hong Myong-hui Hong Myong-hui or Hong Myung-hee (; July 3, 1888 – March 5, 1968) was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and later a North Korean novelist and state official. He was born in Dongbu-ri, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do, where ...

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Ri Yong Ri Yong (; 1 April 1889 – 13 August 1960) was a social activist in Korea under Japanese rule, communist activist, and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Early life Youth and middle age Ri was born in Naha-daeri, Bukch ...

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Chŏng Sangjin Chŏng Sangjin (; May 5, 1918 – June 15, 2013) was a Soviet-Korean poet, bureaucrat, academic, and military officer. He was the only ethnic Korean among 60 Soviet paratroopers that first liberated parts of Korea under Japanese rule during Wo ...

Alexandra Kim Alexandra Petrovna Kim (Russian: ; born Kim Aerim; February 22, 1885 – September 16, 1918) was a revolutionary political activist of Korean descent. Having joined the Bolsheviks in 1916, she is recognized as the first Korean communist. Early lif ...

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Ernest Bethell Ernest Thomas Bethell (3 November 1872 – 1 May 1909) was a British journalist. He founded a newspaper that advocated for Korean independence from Japan, ''The Korea Daily News.'' He is also known by his Korean name (). Arrival in Korea In 19 ...

Frank Schofield Frank William Schofield (15 March 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a British-born Canadian veterinarian, missionary, and Korean independence activist. He was also known by his Korean name Seok Ho-pil (). In 1916, Schofield moved to Korea as a Presb ...

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Homer Hulbert Homer Bezaleel Hulbert (January 26, 1863 – August 5, 1949) was an American missionary, journalist, linguist, and Korean independence activist. Hulbert went by a variety of names in Korea, including Hŏ Halbo (), Hŏ Hŭlpŏp (), and Halbo ( ...

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

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George Ashmore Fitch George Ashmore Fitch (January 23, 1883 – January 21, 1979) was an American Presbyterianism, Presbyterian missionary that lived and worked in Republic of China (1912–1949), China, United States Army Military Government in Korea, southern Kore ...

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Henry Berkowitz Henry Berkowitz (March 18, 1857 – February 7, 1924) was a Reform rabbi, educator and author. Early life and education Henry Berkowitz was born in Pittsburgh in 1857, the son of Louis and Henrietta (Jaroslawski) Berkowitz, both born and marrie ...

Franziska Donner Francesca Maria Barbara Donner (, born Franziska Donner; June 15, 1900March 19, 1992) was the inaugural First Lady of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960, as the second wife of Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea. Early life and educati ...

Norbert Weber Norbert Weber, O.S.B. (20 December 1870 – 3 April 1956) was a German Catholic priest. He was a monk of the Benedictine Order and an archabbot of St. Ottilien Archabbey. He is remembered in South Korea for his role in starting the first male m ...

Soong Mei-ling Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 4, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang (), was a Chinese political figure and socialite. The youngest of the Soong sisters, she married Chiang Kai-shek and played a prom ...

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

George W. Norris George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 191 ...

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Frederick Arthur MacKenzie Frederick Arthur MacKenzie (1869–1931) was a Canadian journalist that covered several geopolitical developments in East Asia in the early 20th century. He was one of the few Western journalists to cover the Russo-Japanese War from the Japanese ...

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Lists of Korean people

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 activi ...

Korean independence 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 ...