User:Dckewon5131/김사연 (1896년)

Kim Sa-yeon (January 2, 1896 – September 20, 1950) was a journalist active during the Japanese colonial period and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea.

Life
Jungnim-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, was the original domicile and hometown. After dropping out of Keio Gijuku (Gakkō Hōjin), he worked as a financier for six years from 1918 as vice manager of Hanil Bank.

He served as the president of the Chosun Public Opinion, a magazine published in Japanese, and worked in various positions, including a deputy councilor, and served as a community leader of the Gyeongseong Department. In 1931, he was first appointed to the position of the chief executive of the Central Committee, and in 1941, he was appointed to the post. Choe Rin's Cheondogyo Shinpa participated as a promoter in a market association formed in 1934 with the support of the Japanese Government-General of Korea.

At the end of the Japanese colonial period, he joined the committee to support the Pacific War. The group visited the families of the victims of the disease, forced them to participate, and held meetings. In March 1945, just before Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, he published a statement titled "Thank you and request for participation in the Korean Peninsula" in his capacity as a member of the Central Committee.

Along with the National Liberation Association, the National Regime Association was included in the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups released in 2002, the list of prospective pro-Japanese biographical dictionaries released in 2008, and the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the pro-Japanese anti-national activities committee.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * a market association

Reference

 * Kim Sa-yeon - National History Compilation Committee