Shin Pal-gyun (, May 19, 1882 – July 2, 1924) or Shin Dong-chun () was an independence activist of Korea. His wife Im Su-myung () was an independence activist also.

Biography

Shin Pal-gyun was born in

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on May 19, 1882. His great-great-grandfather Shin Hong-ju, grandfather Shin-hun, and father Shin Seok-hee were all high-ranking military officers. Especially his father Shin Seok-hee was the officer that negotiationed

Treaty of Ganghwa A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between sovereign states and/or international organizations that is governed by international law. A treaty may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention ...

and Joseon-America Treaty. So Shin Pal-hyun naturally grew up a soldier of

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. He graduated the Military Academy and he became a military officer in 1903. In 1907, the Korean army was disorganizationed by Japan. In 1909, he decided to start the independence movement. After Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, fled to Manchuria and Primorsky Krai, and settled in West Jiandao. He joined Shinheung Military Academy. He worked there as an instructor and he trained many independence activists. At the same time he graduated

Imperial Japanese Army Academy The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The programme consisted of a junior course for graduates of local army cadet schools and for those who had completed four years of middle school, and a senior course f ...

and worked there. He met Chi Ch'ŏngch'ŏn and Kim Gyeong-chun at Manchuria. These three men decided to have names which includes '天'(means 'sky' in Chinese). Shin Pal-gyun's artificial name was Shin Dong-chun. In 1920, he went to South Manchuria and participated in independence movement organisation. He used to fight against Japanese police in

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. In 1924, when he was doing the outdoor discipline, he was assassinated by a Chinese mounted bandit who was employed by Japanese force.

References

1882 births 1924 deaths Korean resistance members Activists from Seoul 19th-century Korean people 20th-century Korean people Pyongsan Shin clan Koreans in the Imperial Japanese Army {{korea-bio-stub