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Kang Gi-deok (born May 4, 1886) is a Korean independence activist.

Life
He was born in Wonsan, South Hamgyong Province. In 1919, he participated in the March 1st Movement as one of the 48 national representatives. At that time, he was attending Boseong Law Commercial School (former of Korea University), and after connecting with 33 national representatives through Park Hee-do and Lee Gap-sung, he organized a demonstration in Tapgol Park by simulating with student groups.

On the day of the March 1 Independence Movement, national representatives suddenly changed their original promise to read the Declaration of Independence at Tapgol Park and gathered at Taehwagwan, where they visited Taehwagwan as a student representative to protest. Even after they were arrested, they gathered secondary school students with Kim Won-byeok of Yeonhui College to lead a follow-up protest and were arrested at the Seoul Station protest site on March 5. He was sentenced to two years in prison for this case.

Later, in 1927, the Hamnam Journalists' Federation tried to host a press conference, but was involved in the Hamnam Journalists' Conference, where a protest occurred due to a collision with the police, and in the 1930s, he continued his independence movement as a member of the new society.

It was confirmed that he entered North Korea after the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950.

He was detained at the Gyohwa branch until June 1956, and participated when the North Korean Peaceful Unification Promotion Council was formed in July 1956, but his activities were not known except for the theory that he later moved to Hamgyeongbuk-do.


 * The South Korean government awarded the Order of Independence in 1990 in honor of his contribution.

Reference material

 * Kang Gi-deok: Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs