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Kim Seung-hak (12 July 1881 – 17 December 1965) was a South Korean educator, soldier, and an independence activist. The pen name was Hee-san, and the name Kim Tak was also used. After the liberation of August 15, the list of pro-Japanese groups was prepared and the examination of meritorious persons in the founding was conducted immediately after the establishment of the government. The domicile is Baechon Kim.

Life
He was born in Uiju, North Pyongan Province. After graduating from Hansung High School of Education in 1905, he worked as a teacher in Uiju, and when the Korea-Japan New Treaty was signed in 1907, he made a public speech against it and was detained and jumped into the independence movement.

The struggle for independence against Japan
When the annexation treaty between Korea and Japan was signed in 1910, and many governors sought asylum abroad, he also moved to Manchuria and participated in the armed struggle. When the March 1st Independence Movement took place in 1919, he participated in the organization of the Korean Independence Group (President Park Jang-ho) and established links with the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai.

The Confucian scholars from the former righteous army participated in the People's Ministry and the Republic of Korea Independence Group, and served as executives of the Liberation Army Command (command Cho Maeng-sun) in Manchuria before moving to Shanghai in 1921 to publish the Independence Newspaper, an Provisional government agency.

In March 1927, he served as the chairman of the council of the Provisional Government, and also participated in the Korean Independence Party (Chairman Hong Jin). For this reason, he was arrested by the Japanese police in Manchuria and sentenced to five years in prison at Pyongyang Prison, but after he was released from prison, he moved back to China and worked in the Provisional Government and the Liberation Army.

After Korea's liberation
At the end of 1945, Kim Gu protested the Moscow 3rd Summit and pushed for a strong anti-trust movement, and became a member of the Trustees' Anti-National Mobilization Committee formed on December 30.

On November 23, 1945, he continued to publish the "Independent Newspaper" and participated as a publisher.

On September 5, 1947, Rhee Syng-man was appointed as the president of the Provisional Government and Kim Gu as vice-president, and Kim Seong-soo was appointed as the State Council member of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

The independence movement data he wrote, which was in charge of reviewing the founding merit, has been treated as an important historical material in this field, and a list of pro-Japanese figures titled "Kunsang pro-Japanese group" written in 1948 and expected judges and prosecutors were found and released in 2001.

In 1962, he was awarded the Order of Independence. In 1963, he participated in the public examination of independence activists along with Oh Kwang-sun. Due to his influence, a large number of independence activists were also decorated. He died on 17 December 1964.

The Will to Compile the History of Independence Movement and the History of Korea

 * According to the testimony of his descendants (Kim Byung-ki), he collected a lot of data for the compilation of the history of the independence movement even before liberation. As a result, he was arrested several times by the Japanese imperialism, and in the process, the loss of feed was also made. After liberation, he established an office to compile the history of the independence movement in his hometown of Sinuiju, and began to collect data for the independence movement again. These activities continued even after coming down to Seoul, and after the Korean War, they even took the collected data while evacuating to Busan.
 * In January 1953, based on the Patriotic Movement Support Association in Busan, the Korean Independence Movement History Compilation Committee was re-established, served as the chairman, and a year later, the draft was completed in November 1954. On February 5, 1956, this manuscript was published as "The History of the Korean Independence Movement" by the Patriotic Dong Jiwon Association (Chairman Moon Il-min), but Kim Seung-hak, who led the compilation, was unable to participate, and the publication and draft were revised considerably. Kim Seung-hak criticized this situation by mentioning that "The History of Korean Independence Movement" was published without consent and had many conflicts with his will in the "History of Korean Independence," which he wrote until just before his death.
 * Since then, he has remained determined to compile the history of the independence movement. In particular, it is said that he received many handwritten resumes along with photos from various independence activists who survived at the time. Based on this, he was able to participate in the public examination of independence activists in 1963, and a large number of independence activists were able to be decorated for his data.
 * Based on data related to the writing of the independence movement history and various handwritten resumes, "Korean Independence History," which became a book and posthumous collection, was published in 1964. However, Kim Seung-hak passed away without seeing the book published.

See more

 * the House of Councillor
 * Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
 * Kim Seung-hak's pro-Japanese group list
 * Jang Ki-cho
 * Chea Chan

Reference

 * Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (South Korea), More on Independence Activists of the Month - Kim Seung-hak, 2001
 * Oh Dae-rok, The Journal and Characteristics of the Independent Newspaper after Liberation, Korea Modern History Study 71, 2014.12