Category: THE PROUD STORIES OF KOREAN AMERICAN PATRIOTS
Kim, In-soo
Kim, In-soo: He donated independence funds until Korean liberation. He came to America in July, 1920 and joined a Korean Comrade Group organized by Syngman Rhee until Korea gained independence in August, 1945. In 1990, the South Korean government posthumously recognized him with...
Kim, Ja-hae
Kim, Ja-hae: She was a woman activist, and spearheaded Korean independence by boycotting Japanese products: “Don’t buy Jap soy sauce!” She came to America with her seven year daughter and husband in San Francisco in 1912. She moved around from Lompoc, Sacramento and Oakland. She assumed the...
Kim, Chong-lim
Kim, Chong-lim He was a “Rice King” and donated prodigious financial funds for flight school. Kim, Chong-lim was the first Korean American millionaire. He was also called the Rice King as he amassed a great fortune from his rice harvest. He contributed a large amount to the cause of the Korean...
Kim, Jin-mok
Kim, Jin-mok: He tirelessly worked with Dong-Gi Hoe Association and exiled after March First Independence Movement at Pagoda Park When he was in senior high school, he participat- ed in the Declaration of Independence at Pagoda Park in 1919. He was arrested by the Japanese police for interrogation...
Kim, Chang-bin(Choon-ha)
Kim, Chang-bin(Choon-ha): He was in charge of covert documents for the Provisional Government after the March First Independence Movement. Kim, Chang-bin joined the 1919 March First Independence Movement in Pyoungyang. In 1920, he was charged with delivering confidential documents from the...
Kim, Chang-se
Kim, Chang-se: He joined the Provisional Government in Shanghai upon graduation from Severance Medical School in Seoul. He was an early leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. After a brief study in Japan, he graduated from Severance school, and proceeded to study further at John’s Hopkins...
Henry Cu Kim
Henry Cu Kim He got involved in the Korean independence movement through the Korean National Association and mass media. Henry landed in America in 1909 after he was exiled to China. He received a military training in Nebraska for future independence struggle from Park, Yong-man there. He proceeded...
Kim, Hyung-gak
Kim, Hyung-gak: He donated independence funds as a member of Korean National Association. He was actively involved as a foot soldier for Korean National Association in Delano area from 1937 through 1939 including as a relief member in 1943 and 1944. He also contributed $468.20 for Korean...
Harry S. Kim
Harry S. Kim: He and his wife contributed Korean independence funds for life from their successful Reedley Nursery business. Harry S. Kim(Kim, Hyung-soon) came to Amer- ica as a trained interpreter aboard an emigrant ship. In 1920, he embarked on a nursery business in Reedley, California dealing...
Charles Ho Kim
Charles Ho Kim An Indelible Korean Independence Movement Champion in America. Charles Ho Kim is a full-fledged Korean independence trailblazer in the United States. He is also called a self-reliant national leader as he sin- glehandedly established a huge financial footing and with this economic...
