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Kim Ha-seop (December 1887 – ?) was a provincial governor of South Hamgyong Province during the Japanese colonial period and served as a member of the Central Council of the Joseon Governor-General.

Life
He is from Hamheung-bu, South Hamgyong Province. In 1919, he became a member of the Hamheung Public Common School's academic affairs committee and Maeil Shinbo's head of the Hamheung branch office. As an entrepreneur, he served as executive director of Hamheung Taxi Co., Ltd., and served as a member of the Hamgyeongnamdo Provincial Council, a vice-member of Hamheungbu, and the head of the Hamheung Repair Association.

He served for four terms as a provincial council member and two terms as a school council member, and was inaugurated as a provincial council member in 1920 and served for 14 years until his resignation in 1934. In the meantime, from 1931, he served as a deputy member of the Hamheung Department. When the Hamheung Irrigation Association was established in 1927, he became the vice-chairman, became the vice-chairman in 1929, and in 1932.

When the Hamheung Chamber of Commerce was established in 1934, it was so representative of Hamheung's relationship and business community that it was elected as a lawmaker. In "Gaebyeok" published in 1924, he was close to the Japanese authorities, as a figure in the Hamheung area compared to Sun Woo-soon in Pyongyang, and was evaluated as "another pro-Japanese."

In 1935, it was included as one of the 353 Korean contributors in the Joseon Meritorious Self-Confession, compiled by the Governor-General of Joseon. The booklet contains a character review that Kim Ha-seop is a "middle-class man of pro-Japanese group" and coordinates between Japanese and Korean people with a devout character.

At the end of the Japanese colonial period, he was selected as a member of the Central Council. Joseon around this time. He participated in the Imjeonbo National Foundation and served as a trade representative at the Joseon Agricultural Association, actively cooperating with the government-general's policy on the current situation.

It was included in both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective pro-Japanese dictionaries released in 2008, and was also included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese activities announced by the Committee on Pro-General National Behavior in 2009.

See more

 * Central Garden of the Korean Government-General of Korea
 * Korea Imjeonbo National Foundation

Reference

 * Kim Ha-seop - National History Compilation Committee