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Yu Maeng (March 8, 1853 – January 21, 1930) was a civilization official of the Korean Empire and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea during the Japanese colonial period.

Life
His birthplace is Hanseongbu. He was a military officer who started his government post at the training center after passing the military examination in 1876. He founded the Konyang Association in 1896 and participated in the publication of the Independent Newspaper and he was active in the enlightenment. In 1898, he was arrested for the activities of the Independence Association and was sentenced to 40 years of punishment.

In 1898, he became a member of the Central Committee of the Korean Empire, and later served as a governor, an interior, and an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry. Yoo Maeng stayed close to Japan early enough to receive a fourth-grade Seobo award in 1908 in recognition of his contribution to helping Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. After the conclusion of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty, the Japanese Government-General of Korea was established and the Central Committee, an advisory body, was established and appointed to the approval.

In 1921, the Central Committee of the Government-General of Korea was reorganized. Yu Maeng, who served for 11 years with approval, was appointed to the Chikimcham Council at this time and served until his death in 1930. He has served as an executive of the Central Committee for a total of 20 years. In 1921, he was appointed as a member of the a district government-level investigation Committee, and the following year, he was appointed as a member of the Joseon History Compilation Committee and the Joseon History Compilation Association in 1925. The Joseon History Association is a symbolic institution for establishing colonial history to support Japan's rule of Joseon ideologically and academically.

He served as a counselor for the Dongminhoe for five years from 1924. He began his activities when the Dongminhoe, which advocated internal fusion, was founded, and through the organization "Dongmin," he argued that Japan's dominance of Joseon was the same as the period of ancient Chinese peace. In 1920, he published "(Inside Inspection Inspector Consultation)" and "Last Loyalty to the Royal Family" in 1926, praising the politics of the Governor-General of Joseon and steadily making pro-Japanese claims such as front-line fusion.

In 1912, shortly after the annexation of Korea and Japan, he was awarded the Korean Merger Memorial Medal and was ranked fifth in the government the following year, and received many Japanese Hunpo Awards. In 1916, he was awarded the 3rd place of the Hun, and in 1918, he was crowned 4th place. In 1928, he received the Showa Daeri Memorial Hall and in 1929, he received the second-class Seobo award.

After death
It was included in the list of candidates for the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002, the director-general of the Korean Government-General of Korea, and the list of prospective pro-Japanese biographical dictionaries compiled by the Institute for National Affairs in 2008. It is also included in the academic category of the 195-member list of pro-Japanese anti-national activities selected by the Korea Anti-Japanese Anti-National Activities Committee in 2007.

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 * Independence Club
 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * Korean History Compilation Committee