Category: THE PROUD STORIES OF KOREAN AMERICAN PATRIOTS
Song, Suk-joon
Song, Suk-joon: He became an editor-in-chief of Gong Lip Newspaper after founding the Gong Lip Hyup Hoe. He came to America in 1903. In 1904, he closely worked with Ahn Chang Ho to found Gong Nip Association where Ahn Chang Ho became the first president and Song, the first vice-president. In 1905,...
Song, Chong-ik
Song, Chong-ik: He was a huge leader for Hung Sa Dahn and Korean National Association. He came to America in 1906 to study. Song was a big shot in Korean community. When two extraordinary brave and patriotic Korean nationalists shot and killed Durham White Stevens in San Francisco, CA on...
Song, Chul
Song, Chul: He was a life-time backer for Syngman Rhee’s Korean independence. His adoration and respect for Dr. Syngman Rheee was unmeasured as he selflessly dedicated his entire life for Rhee’s Korean independence cause. He was born when the Tonghak Rebel- lion erupted. He heard Syngman...
Rev. Song, Hun-young
Rev. Song, Hun-young: He supported Dr. Syngman Rhee through Dong Ji Hoe. He came to America in 1932 with the help of an American missionary. Upon arrival, he met Syngman Rhee to join Korean independence movement. He worked at Dong Ji Hoe church without compensation. Prior to arriving in the...
Song, Hurn-joo
Song, Hurn-joo: He was entrusted with a colossal mission for all important Korean independence movement for over 40 years. Song, Hurn-joo’s unwavering endeavors for the Korean independence movement are genuinely historical proportions by any standard. From 1905 and for the next 40 years until...
Shin, Kwang-hee
Shin, Kwang-hee: He worked for the independence movement in America after he came from Mexico. He initially came to Yucatan, Mexico as a slave laborer in a farm. After a heavy slave work for the next year, he also worked for the Korean National Association branch there for three years. In 1914, he...
Shim, Young-shin Cho
Shim, Young-shin Cho: She took the lead of the Korean independence movement through the Korean Women’s Association. She came to Hawaii in 1916 as a widow with her young son. She married Cho, Moon-chil who was a sugar plantation worker. When the Korean Women’s Association was organized, she...
Ahn, Young-ho
Ahn, Young-ho: He worked at Korean National Association as a younger cousin of Dosan Ahn Chang Ho. Dosan Ahn Chang Ho invited him in 1905 at age twelve and he attended a school operated by Methodist church and learned to sew work. He moved to San Francisco in 1915. He also worked as a truck...
Ahn, Won-kiu
Ahn, Won-kiu: He was president of Korean National Association in Hawaii. He arrived in Hawaii as an immigrant laborer toward the end of the Korean empire. In 1906, he was elected as president of Hawaii Community to teach autonomy against Japan. In 1907, he sponsored to organize...
Ahn, Jae-duk
Ahn, Jae-duk: He collected independence funds through Korean National Association in Hawaii. He worked for the most part in Hawaii for the Korean National Association which was the representative independence organization for the Korean community by merging and uniting two organizations like Gong...
