User:Dckewon5131/강번 (1881년)

Kang Beon (December 1, 1881 – May 6, 1944) was a bureaucrat, financier, and businessman during the Japanese occupation. His hometown was Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Life
After graduating from Paijae School in 1898, he moved to Japan, where he studied Japanese and general studies at Seisoku Gakuen Junior High School in Tokyo in 1903, and mathematics and chemistry in 1906. He studied in the United States in December 1908 and joined the San Francisco District Council of the Public Association in January 1909. After graduating from Los Angeles City Middle School from 1910 to 1913, he completed a preparatory course at the University of Southern California and entered the San Francisco Christian Youth Association Night School in August 1911.

Since joining the Los Angeles District Council of the Korean National Assembly in April 1909, he has served as a clerk (June 1909), general secretary (June 1909), and clerk (March 1910), and served as secretary of the North American General Assembly of the Korean National Assembly in June 1911. Since joining Shinhan Civil Insurance in July 1911, he has been in charge of editorial affairs, and at the same time, he was appointed as the president of the San Francisco Regional Association of the Korean National Association and the general affairs of the North American General Assembly. In December 1911, he was appointed as a deputy member of the Chicago District Council of the Korean National Assembly and a lawyer of the North American General Assembly, and participated as the founder of the Florida Agricultural Foundation in April 1914.

On May 30, 1914, he returned to Joseon after finishing his life in the United States, and from July 1919 to 1920, he was the chief of the deposit business at Hanil Bank and the chief of the Seomu business, from 1920 to 1922, he served as secretary general of Hanil Bank and head of Namdaemun branch. He served as the head of the origin branch of Hanil Bank in September 1922 and as a director of Hanil Bank in January 1925, a member of the Joseon Industrial Club in December 1925 and a special member of the Daejeon-gun Agricultural Association in April 1930.

He served as an auditor of Bukseon Warehouse Co., Ltd. in 1925, as CEO of Seonnam Warehouse Co., Ltd. in 1931, and as a major shareholder of Gyeongsang Joint Bank Co., Ltd. in 1933. He ran for the Chungcheongnam-do Council held on May 10, 1933, but was unsuccessful as the runner-up and was appointed as the Daejeon Deputy Council member on November 20, 1935. He served as a member and vice-chairman of the Daejeon Chamber of Commerce from 1934 to 1940, and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Korean Government-General from June 3, 1936 to June 2, 1939, and from June 23, 1941 to May 6, 1944.

On January 3, 1939, Maeil Sinbo published an advertisement in the name of Choongwon, the Governor-General of the Joseon Dynasty, celebrating Japan's victory in the invasion war against China and praying for the Japanese military's martial arts, and participated as the promoter of the Joseon Imjeonbo Foundation in October 1941. pro-Japanese group It was included in the 708-member list, the 705-member list of pro-Japanese anti-ethnic activities announced by the Economic and Pro-Japanese Anti-ethnic Activities Commission.