User:Dckewon5131/김영준 (1900년)

Kim Young-joon (12 April 1900 – 23 October 1948) He was a businessman during the Japanese colonial period, and his hometown is Yeosu-eup, Yeosu-gun, Jeollanam-do, and born from Jinju-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do.

Life
After moving to Japan in 1923, he worked at Watanabe Rubber Industry in Kobe. After returning to Joseon in 1926, he established a Watanabe rubber factory in Busan, and served as president of Cheonil Rubber Co., a company established in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do on April 10, 1933. On December 30, 1936, he served as an auditor of Yeosu Automobile Co., Ltd., and on January 1, 1937, he served as president of Cheonil Rubber Co., Ltd., which was established by converting Cheonil Rubber Co., Ltd. into a corporation.

In October 1938, he served as a member of the Yeosu-bu Council in Jeollanam-do of the Joseon Air Defense Association, and in May 1939, he donated KRW 5,000 to the construction cost of the Iri Community Hall in Jeollabuk-do. On May 20, 1939, he was elected as a member of the Euphoe in Yeosu-eup, Yeosu-gun, Jeollanam-do, and on June 20, 1939, he donated a site worth KRW 50,000 to a private Mipyeong Elementary School in Yeosu-gun, Jeollanam-do. In October 1939, he took office as a director of the Chosun Rubber Industry Association Co., Ltd. and served as president of Yeosu Myeonpo Co., Ltd. in Jeollanam-do on November 18, 1939.

On January 31, 1940, he was appointed as a member of the Jeollanam-do Wage Committee, and on March 6, 1940, he donated KRW 5,000 to the Iri Technical School in Jeollabuk-do. In April 1940, he was appointed as a commissioned guardian of the Gwangju Probation Office in Jeollanam-do, and in November 1940, he was invited to the 2600th A.D. celebration of the 2600th A.D. from the Japanese government. On December 27, 1940, he served as a member of the Chosun Rubber Painting Sales Control Co., Ltd. and was elected as a member of the Jeollanam-do Provincial Council on May 10, 1941.

He was appointed as a member of the Yeosu Chamber of Commerce in May 1941 and the head of the Yeosu Chamber of Commerce in June 1941, respectively, and in July 1941, KRW 10,000 was donated for the construction of police-only telephones for air defense communication. In September 1941, he participated as a promoter of the Joseon Imjeonbo National Foundation Jeollanam-do, and on January 14, 1942, he donated KRW 53,000 to the Korean Patriotic Ministry of the Joseon Army for the purchase of the military aircraft "Yeosu Kim Young-joon." He served as Heung-A Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. on June 24, 1942, and Yeosu Real Estate Co., Ltd. in Jeollanam-do on August 4, 1942, and received a seal from the Japanese government for donating construction expenses for police-only telephones for air defense communication in September 1942. Due to this career, it was included in the economic section of the list of people in the pro-Japanese dictionary of the National Institute of Korean Studies.

In September 1944, he served as a founding member of the Jeollanam-do Commercial and Economic Association, and on September 10, 1945, he was appointed as a representative member of the Namseon of the Joseon Rubber Co-operative Association. After Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, he served as CEO of the Jeollanam-do Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of the Chosun Chamber of Commerce, President Chunil Industrial Co., President of Korea Automobile Co., and President of Jeollanam-do Fisheries Development Co., while also participating in the management of Cheonil Rubber Busan Plant and Iri Plant. In addition, he served as the head of Yeosu-gun branch of the Korean Independence Promotion Association, the chairman of Yeosu-gun branch of the Democratic Party of Korea, the chairman of the Jeollanam-do Chamber of Commerce, and the chairman of the Yeosu Chamber of Commerce.