| Korea Liberation Corps | |
| Hangul | 대한광복단 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 大韓光復團 |
| Revised Romanization | Daehan gwangbokdan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taehan kwangbokdan |
The Korea Liberation Corps (Korean: 대한광복단) was a Korean 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 at an assembly in Dalseong Park, to officially form the Korea Liberation Corps. Its first commander-in-chief was Park Sang-jin.[1] 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.[2]
A memorial park for the corps was created in Punggi-eup in 1994 and completed in 2003.
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References
- ↑ "박상진(朴尙鎭) Sangjin Park (Park尙鎭)". encykorea.aks.ac.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ↑ "'국가등록문화재' 대접받는 박상진의사 유물 Park Sang-jin's relics treated as 'National Registered Cultural Heritage'". 울산제일일보 (in Korean). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- "대한 광복단의 항일 투쟁," pp. 595–598 in 경상북도교육위원회 (Gyeongsangbuk-do Educational Committee) (1986). 내 고장의 호국정신 (Nae gojangui hogukjeongsin).