User:Dckewon5131/양재창 (1885년)

Yang Jae-chang (September 29, 1885 – January 14, 1968) was an entrepreneur who served as a member of the Central Council of the Japanese Government-General of Korea. His hometown is Sogyeok-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Life
He graduated from the Gyeongseong Academy at the Hanseongbu and was appointed as a engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in 1905, serving as a technical official at the end of the Korean Empire. With the conclusion of the annexation treaty between Korea and Japan in 1910, it was incorporated as a member of the Joseon Governor-General and was awarded the Korea Merger Memorial Medal.

After going through the secretary of the Gyeongseongbu, he moved to the secretary-general of Gyeonggi-do, and was selected as the governor-general of the county and served as the governor of Bucheon-gun and Yongin-gun of Gyeonggi-do. In the early 1920s, the head of Yongin-gun was the last to leave. At this time, he was ranked 7th.

Since then, he has entered the business world and served as a vice president of the Joseon Life Insurance Company, Sunman Land Broker, Gyeongseong Chamber of Commerce, and Bupyeong Repair Association. He was also elected twice as a member of the Gyeongseong Association, serving as a maintenance of the Gyeongseong area.

Since the 1920s, he has steadily participated in organizations consisting of influential figures such as the Joseon Buddhism, Dongminhoe, and Guilhoe, and during the Pacific War, he also served as the promoter of the Joseon Imjeonbo National Foundation. At the end of the Japanese colonial period, he was appointed to the Central Council.

It was included in the center of the 708-member pro-Japanese group list announced in 2002 and the 705-member list of pro-Japanese anti-national activities announced by the Korea Institute for National Studies in 2008.

See more

 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * the Joseon Imjeonbo National Foundation

Reference

 * Yang Jae-chang - National History Compilation Committee
 * Yang Jae-chang - National History Compilation Committee