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An Jung-geun (Korean: 안중근; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910) was a Korean independence activist. [1] 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.
Kim Ku [a] (Korean: 김구; Hanja: 金九; August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), also known by his art name Paekpŏm, [b] was a Korean politician. He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Korean Provisional Government from 1926 to 1927 and from 1940 to 1945, and a Korean reunification activist after 1945.
Kil was also involved in the establishment of the provisional government of Korea in Shanghai China on April 11, 1919, following the March 1st Movement to provide a platform for the independence movement to organize and coordinate resistance against Japan. Kil Sŏn-chu listed as a signer of the Korean Declaration of Independence on May 1st, 1919
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.
Kim Hyong-jik (Korean: 김형직; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule.He was the father of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.
For decades, the Korean independence movement was torn by factionalism and in-fighting, and most of the leaders of the independence movement hated each other as much as they hated the Japanese. Rhee, who had lived for decades in the United States, was a figure known only from afar in Korea, and therefore regarded as a more or less acceptable ...
Paekpŏm ilchi [a] (Korean: 『백범일지』), title translated as the Diary of Kim Ku or Diary of Kim Gu, is the Korean-language autobiography of Korean independence activist Kim Ku. It was written in two parts, with the first volume completed in 1929 and the second around 1942. Both volumes were published at once on December 15, 1947.
Ahn's original passport, numbered 52, issued by the Korean Empire on 9 August 1902, is now located in the Independence Hall of Korea. On October 14, 1902, Ahn and his wife arrived in San Francisco. [8] They were among the first Koreans to move to the US, and the first married Korean couple to do so, with passports numbered 51 and 52.