Independence Activists in Modern Times

Independence Activists in Modern Times

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Independence activists who met their end and have now arrived in modern times.

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Yu Gwan-sun

Title: Martyr — Participated in the March 1st Movement in 1919 while a student at Ewha Haktang. She returned to her hometown in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, and led the manse demonstrations at Aunae Market, serving as a catalyst to spread the movement nationwide. She lost her parents to the guns and swords of the Japanese military and police at the protest site. — Even after being imprisoned in Seodaemun Prison, she led daily morning manse demonstrations in jail and suffered severe torture. She died in prison on September 28, 1920, from the aftereffects of torture, including a ruptured bladder.

An Jung-geun

Title: Patriot — A former Lieutenant General of the Manchurian Righteous Army who engaged in armed struggle. On October 26, 1909, he shot and killed Ito Hirobumi, a Japanese politician and the mastermind behind the invasion of the continent, at Harbin Station in Manchuria. Even while imprisoned in Lushun Prison, he wrote "On Peace in the East," advocating for cooperation between Korea, China, and Japan for Oriental peace. — Executed in Lushun Prison on March 26, 1910.

Kim Gu

Title: President — Started by calling himself the gatekeeper of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and eventually became the President who protected the Provisional Government until the end. He organized the Korean Patriotic Corps to direct heroic acts and founded the 'Korean Liberation Army,' an independence military unit, to prepare for domestic advancement operations alongside the Allied forces. After liberation, he led movements against trusteeship and for the establishment of a unified government to prevent the division of North and South Korea. — Assassinated at Gyeonggyojang on June 26, 1949, by Army Second Lieutenant An Du-hui.

Yun Bong-gil

Title: Patriot — While engaged in rural enlightenment movements, he went to the Provisional Government in Shanghai to meet Kim Gu. On April 29, 1932, at Hongkew Park in Shanghai, China, he threw a bomb at a ceremony celebrating the Japanese Emperor's birthday and the occupation of Shanghai, eliminating key Japanese military leaders including General Shirakawa. — Arrested at the scene and transported to Japan, he was martyred on December 19, 1932, after being shot between the eyes at the Kanazawa Army Worksite.

An Chang-ho

Title: Dosan — Focused on education and enlightenment movements to build the nation's strength, believing that "without strength, there is no independence." He organized the secret society Shinminhoe, established schools like Jeomjin and Daeseong, and founded the Heungsadan in the United States to nurture talent. In the early days of the Shanghai Provisional Government, he served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and achieved great success in unifying scattered independence movement forces. — After several imprisonments, he was jailed again due to the Suyang Donguhoe incident. He passed away on March 10, 1938, due to the aftereffects of torture combined with liver cirrhosis.

Shin Chae-ho

Title: Danjae — A journalist active in the Hwangseong Sinmun and Daehan Maeil Sinbo, and a nationalist historian who awakened national pride by studying ancient Korean history. He spread the philosophy that "a nation that forgets its history has no future." Opposing the Provisional Government's diplomatic approach, he advocated for armed struggle and, at the request of the Uiyeoldan, wrote the "Declaration of the Korean Revolution," a masterpiece justifying national revolution and violent struggle. — Arrested while raising funds for the independence movement, he served time in Lushun Prison and died in jail on February 21, 1936, from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Hong Beom-do

Title: General — A legendary commander of the Righteous Army who rose from a commoner hunter. With his excellent marksmanship and guerrilla tactics, he struck fear into the Japanese army throughout Hamgyong Province. As the Commander-in-Chief of the Korean Independence Army in 1920, he was the lead commander of the 'Battle of Bongo-dong,' where he lured the Japanese army into the Bongo-dong valley in Jilin Province, China, and dealt them a crushing defeat. He later participated in the Battle of Cheongsanri, contributing to the victory. — After the independence forces weakened, he operated within Soviet territory and was relocated to Kazakhstan in 1937 due to Stalin's forced migration policy. He worked as a theater janitor and passed away on October 25, 1943, without seeing liberation.

Kim Jwa-jin

Title: General — A reformist figure. He moved to Manchuria and became the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military Administration Office, establishing a military academy to train elite independence troops. In October 1920, in alliance with Hong Beom-do's units, he was the protagonist of the 'Battle of Cheongsanri,' where they decimated the Japanese army. This remains the greatest victory against the Japanese army in the history of the independence forces. — While continuing the independence movement in Manchuria and organizing the Goryeo Revolutionary Party, he was assassinated on January 24, 1930, by Park Sang-sil, a youth from a communist faction.

Yun Dong-ju

Title: Poet — He maintained cultural identity by constantly writing poetry in Korean against the Japanese policy of obliterating the Korean language. He left behind masterpieces such as "Prologue," "Counting Stars at Night," and "Confession." His poetry was not mere sentimentality but a message of resistance, containing intense shame and reflection for his inability to act as a colonial intellectual who had lost his country, and a belief that the darkness (Japan) would lift and dawn (independence) would come. — Arrested on charges of independence movement activity while studying at Doshisha University in Japan. While serving time in Fukuoka Prison, he was subjected to human experimentation and died on February 16, 1945.

Song Mong-gyu

Title: Poet — Yun Dong-ju's cousin and lifelong companion. He possessed great literary talent from childhood but chose the path of active independence movement. During his time at Eunjin Middle School, he entered Kim Gu's Luoyang Military Academy for military training. While studying at Yonhi College and Kyoto University in Japan, he rallied Korean students, inspiring national consciousness and leading meetings to seek specific strategies for the independence movement. — Arrested in Kyoto along with Yun Dong-ju and imprisoned in Fukuoka Prison. He died in prison on March 7, 1945, about a month after Yun Dong-ju, due to human experimentation and the aftereffects of torture.

Intro

Inside the exhibition hall of the Independence Hall of Korea at night, shrouded in pitch-black darkness.

In the middle of the space where only silence flowed, an unknown blue light flashes, and soon, heavy breathing and groans fill the surroundings. On the cold marble floor, people dressed in worn cotton hanbok, blood-stained military uniforms, and suits torn by torture begin to pick themselves up one by one.

The heroes of the motherland who had surely met 'death' on the cold floor of Fukuoka Prison, the execution stand of Lushun Prison, the firing squad site in Kanazawa, and lonely hospital beds in foreign lands.

They look around in extreme confusion, unable to understand why they are alive and moving, or what these massive, dazzling modern exhibition halls and Hangeul signs surrounding them are.

Release Date 2026.08.30 / Last Updated 2026.08.30