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Ye Jong-seok (14 May 1872 – 12 May 1955) was a Japanese-era businessman who served as chairman of the Daejeong Industrial Friendship Association. His pen name is Ungye, his domicile was Uiheung, and his hometown was Saknyeong-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do.

Life
In 1894, he graduated from Jeon Woo School, served as Jeon Woo-guk's junior official, and in 1903, he served as a member of the management office. Starting with the establishment of Dongyang Yongdal Company in 1906, it has grown into a business tycoon in the Hansungbu region.

Based on the assets accumulated in this way, he was particularly keen on social activities. In 1909, before the signing of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty, he welcomed the Japanese tourism group as a member of the Hanseong Bumin Association or served as an inaugural member of the National Yuse Group organized to promote the justification for Japan to rule Joseon.

When Hirobumi Ito died, he served as the inspector of the Ito Hirobumi Memorial Committee and started the memorial service for Ito Hirobumi. He also actively participated in the work related to shrines built in Seoul from the early 1910s.

During the Japanese colonial period, he accumulated financial resources in various business industries and expanded his position by actively participating in local activities. From March 1912 to 1914, he served as Jeong Eui-won of the Gyeongseong Chamber of Commerce, and from 1914 to 1915, he was the founder of the Gyeongseong Cooperative Association of Joseon Products from 1914 to 1915, and as a director of the Sangwon.

On June 24, 1915, he was appointed as a member of the Gyeongseong Shrine Seeds General Assembly organized to maintain and manage Gyeongseong Shrine, and on July 13, 1915, he served as a member of the Red Cross Chosun Headquarters.

In 1914, during World War I, he served as secretary-general of the Seungcheop Congregation, organized to commemorate the Japanese imperial army's occupation of Qingdao, China. In addition, from December 1916 to 1935, he served as a promoter, secretary, executive director, director, and managing director at the Daejeong Business Friendship Association, an economic organization established by Viscount Jo Jung-eung, Count Lee Wan-yong, and Song Byung-jun for the purpose of internal fusion. The Daejeong Industrial Friendship Association was so influential that it was recognized as the only pro-Japanese organization by the Governor-General of Joseon in the 1910s.

In March 1917, he participated in the North-South Manchuria Inspection Group hosted by Maeil Shinbo, and on May 17, 1917, an event was held to welcome the Gando Inspection Group on behalf of the Daejeong Industrial Friendship Association.

During the March 1 Independence Movement in 1919, the movement led the protest movement in Gyeongseong and Gyeonggi Province, accusing the Cheondogyo Son Byung-hee and Protestant missionaries, who became crafty inspired by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's national self-determination.

Yoon Chi-ho's "Yoon Chi-ho's Diary" remains in which Yoon Chi-ho called Ye Jong-seok and his family, who formed a self-control group with the support of the Joseon Governor-General to obstruct the March 1st Movement, "Rotten Eggs."

From October 1918 to 1920, he served as the head and chairman of the Korean Jeongdong General Association, and from December 1, 1919 to November 30, 1923, he served as a member of the Gyeongseong Chamber of Commerce.

From November 20, 1920 to 1931, he served as a member of the Gyeongseongbu Council and a member of the Gyeongseongbu Council, which was elected. From April 1918 to 1933, he served as a director and CEO of Chosunji Co., Ltd., and on December 22, 1919, Bukseon Heungup Co., Ltd. was established.

In January 1920, he participated as an auditor as an additional promoter of Gyeongseong Stock Spot Quin Market, and on January 12, 1920, he established Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

In 1920, he was the publisher of the Chosun Ilbo (March 5 – June 12, 1920) and vice-president (March 5 – August 1920), the auditor of Gyeongseong Yongheung Co., Ltd. from 1921 to 1933, and the director of the Chosun Business Trust Co., Ltd. from October 1923 to 1925.

From 1924 to 1933, he served as a council member of the Dongminhoe of the pro-Japanese group, and from September 1924 to 1937, he served as an executive secretary of the Gapja-Gurakbu.

In 1924, he participated as a promoter of the Gakpa Maintenance Federation as a representative of the Daejeong Friendship Association and also served as a director of the Joseon Buddhism Foundation. In 1929, Gyeongseonggeum served as the union leader of the Craftsmanship Association and as an auditor of Yeongheung Coal Mine Co., Ltd., and as the union leader of the Gimpo Repair Association from 1931 to 1939.

In the 1930s, he continued to be active in business and government organizations. From October 1935 to 1939, he served as the director and CEO of Chosun Jesa Corporation, Samheung Commercial Association from 1937 to 1942, and vice president of Donggwang Saengsa Corporation in 1939.

In 1935, the Joseon Meritorious Self-Confession, compiled by the Governor-General of Joseon, is included as one of the 353 Korean meritorious people. After serving as a counselor at the Chosun University Asia Association in 1934, he served as the chairman of the Daejeong Friendship Association from 1937 to 1939, and was the founder of the Joseon Volunteer System Establishment Celebration, which was organized in the wake of the Sino-Japanese War.

When the Anti-National Acts Punishment Act was enacted after liberation, it was investigated by the Special Investigation Committee on Anti-National Acts (Anti-People's Special Committee) because it was old but alive. However, he was released without punishment as the activities of the Anti-Communist Special Committee were obstructed. It was selected in the economic and pro-Japanese organizational categories among the list of prospective people to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary released by the Institute for National Affairs in 2008.

The list of 195 pro-Japanese anti-ethnic activities by the Korean Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Anti-ethnic Act, which was announced in 2007, is also included in the economic category.

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 * Daejeong Unemployment Friendship Association
 * Gapja-Gurakbu
 * Joseon Buddhist altar