User:Dckewon5131/김동성 (1890년)

Kim Dong-sung (25 April 1890, in Kaesong – 18 August 1969) was a South Korean politician, journalist, and cartoonist. He was the second member of the National Assembly. The pen name was Cheonri-gu, and the pseudonym was Cheonri-gu. He played a pioneering role in the early days of Korean comics. He participated in the establishment of the Korean-English Confucian Academy in Kaesong, returned to Korea after studying in the United States in 1915, and joined the Dong-A Ilbo in 1920. Since 1948, he has served as the first public information minister and served as the second vice-chairman of the civil council under the Rhee Syng-man administration, and served as a member of the Democratic Republican Party's Central Standing Committee under the Park Chung-hee administration.

He participated in the creation of Dong-A Ilbo with Inchon Kim Sung-soo and Song Jin-woo, and worked as a reporter, writer, columnist, and cartoonist in media such as Dong-A Ilbo, Chosun Ilbo, and Joongang Ilbo. He secretly observed the Pacific Disarmament Conference and introduced the sympathy of the Shanghai Provisional Government and Syngman Rhee to Korea. After liberation, he served as the president of the joint communication company and the head of the public information department.

early life
He was born in 1890 to a rich family in Kaesong, Gyeonggi-do, and was the third-generation only son. At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, he graduated from a government English school. When he was young, he read Jang Ji-yeon's Sill Yabang Grand Song in a newspaper editorial and was impressed and decided to become a journalist and journalist.

Yoon Chi-ho and others participated in the establishment of the Korean-English Confucian Academy in Kaesong, and went to the United States to study in 1915.

He graduated from Ohio State University in the United States with a degree in journalism. While studying in the United States, he became interested in cartoons because he was influenced by American cartoons that reached their peak.

Activities during the Japanese occupation
After returning to Korea, he became a journalist in 1920. Later, he participated in the creation of Dong-A Ilbo with Inchon Kim Sung-soo and Song Jin-woo, worked as a planner at media companies such as Dong-A Ilbo, Chosun Ilbo, and Joongang Ilbo, and also drew cartoons and illustrations. He also taught cartoons to Simsan Noh Soo-hyun, who has the same hometown and is nine years younger than him and majored in oriental painting.

In April 1920, the Dong-A Ilbo published a four-column cartoon under the name of Picture Story for the first time in Korea. In February 1923, "How to Draw a Cartoon" was published in "Dongmyeong", the beginning of the theory of cartoon creation and also the beginning of the term "comic".

From October 13, 1924, Noh Soo-hyun's series of "Mungdunguri Heotmulkyogi" will be planned in the Chosun Ilbo. After that, he attended the Hawaii International Press Conference and served as a correspondent for the Dong-A Ilbo's Korean-American Washington. In 1923, Syngman Rhee and Jeong Han-kyung attended the Pacific Disarmament Conference as representatives of Koreans, and he secretly visited the Pacific Disarmament Conference and returned. He secretly covered and interviewed the provisional government of Shanghai and Syngman Rhee in China to introduce the position of the provisional government in Korea publicly and privately.

In April 1930, he published a series of cartoon courses called Introduction to Cartoons in the magazine "Students" five times.

after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule
He served as editor-in-chief of the Chosun Ilbo. After liberation, he established a joint news agency and became president. He also served as the Korean representative of the United Nations General Assembly and vice-chairman of the National Assembly. In September 1924, he was inaugurated as a director of the Chosun Ilbo.

From September 1945, he became one of the civil affairs officers of the U.S. military government in Gyeonggi-do.

In March 1948, Dean, the Chief of the Military Government of the United States, was appointed as a member of the National Election Commission to manage the May 10 general elections. After the establishment of the government, he served as the first Minister of Public Information from August 1948 to 1949. When President Syngman Rhee and his wife visited Japan for the first time in early autumn 1948, they were accompanied by Jeong Han-kyung (appointed ambassador to Japan in January 1949), Secretary Kim Yang-cheon, and Public Affairs Director Lee Jung-soon. In the second general election of the National Assembly in April 1950, he ran as an independent in the Gaesong-si district of Gyeonggi-do and was elected, and served as the second member of the National Assembly from May 1950 to May 1954. In 1950, he attended the 5th General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, France, along with Lim Byung-jik (chief), Jang Sang-myeon, Jang Taek-sang, and Lim Young-shin. In June 1953, he attended the coronation of Elizabeth II in England as an attendant. At this time, some of Shin Ik-hee and others temporarily stayed in New Delhi, which became a problem, but he arrived in England without staying. From May to June 1952, he served as the vice-chairman of the National Assembly, and that year he participated in the creation of the pro-Lee Seung-man political party, the Liberal Party.

He became Secretary-General of the National Assembly in 1960, but resigned due to the May 16 military coup in 1961.

During the Park Chung-hee administration, he served as a member of the Democratic Republican Party's Central Standing Committee. In his later years, he promoted a movement to return Seo Jae-pil's remains to Korea, but failed due to conditions and opposition from his bereaved family. In 1969, he died of old age at his home in Myeongryun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

After dearh
It was buried in Seonyeong, Jipo-ri, Byeokje-myeon, Goyang-gun, Gyeonggi-do (currently Jipo-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si).

Book

 * journalism
 * a trip to Latin America
 * a Korean-English dictionary

Family

 * Son: Kim Poong-ryeol
 * Daughter: Kim Ok-ryeol (January 2, 1930 - May 5, 2021)

See more

 * Manhwa
 * Mungdunguri Heotmulkyogi
 * The Dong-a Ilbo
 * The Chosun Ilbo
 * Democratic Republican Party
 * Kim Seong-su
 * Yeo Woon-hong
 * Kim Kyu-sik
 * Chough Pyung-ok

Reference

 * General Assembly of the Republic of Korea, National Assembly General Assembly Publication Committee, 1994
 * Kim Dong-sung - Korean Tribute Society