X-Nico

unusual facts about Korean independence



Korean diaspora

Koreans born or settled overseas have been migrating back to both North and South Korea ever since the restoration of Korean independence; perhaps the most famous example is Kim Jong-Il, born in Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, where his father Kim Il-sung had been serving in the Red Army.


see also

Jun-ha

Chang Chun-ha (1918-1975), Korean independence and democracy activist, journalist and politician

Patriotic Martyr An Jung-gun

A film biography of An Jung-geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Yun Bong-gil

-- What could the Chinese soldiers not do? --> Syngman Rhee, however, disapproved of the incident and Kim Gu's strategy of assassinations as a means to achieve Korean independence, arguing that it justified Japanese suppression.