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Lee Dae-wi (1878 – June 17, 1928) was a South Korean anti-Japanese independence activist. He was born in Gangseo, Pyeongnam.

Life
Born in Gangseo, Pyeongnam, he graduated from Soongsil Middle School, a Christian school, and immigrated to the United States for the purpose of studying abroad.

The struggle for independence in the Americas
In September 1903, in San Francisco, the U.S., along with Ahn Chang-ho and Jang Kyung, formed a fraternity, the founder of Korean-American organizations, and carried out a movement to improve the lives of Korean society by focusing on communication and friendship between compatriots. In April 1905, along with Ahn Chang-ho and others, the first public association in the Americas was organized for the purpose of anti-Japanese movement and fraternity, while in April 1906, the Sanghang Korean Methodist Church was established to carry out relief projects, educational dream movements, and job placement for Koreans. After graduating from the Portland Academy in Oregon in June 1908, the Sanghang Korean Methodist Church published a weekly magazine called "Daedobo," the beginning of Korean publishing in the United States, conveying the situation of the mother-in-law and the world, while contributing to the evangelization and cultivation of Christianity. In addition, from October of the same year, Choi Jung-ik and others discussed unifying Korean organizations in Hawaii and mainland America, and in February 1909, he attended the American Public Association and played a leading role in establishing the Korean National Association.In February 1910, when he was a student at UC Berkeley, he was appointed as vice chairman of the North American General Assembly of the Korean National Assembly, and in July of that year, he convened local representatives in the name of the North American General Assembly and was appointed as a translator to send a letter of strength to the Japanese king.

In addition, while trying to establish independent military training centers in each region to restore national sovereignty and raise necessary funds, he/she made a commitment as a spokesman for the patriotic governor and new students who fled to the United States. In 1911, at the invitation of the Sanghang Korean Methodist Church, he organized a worship-friendly society to transform it into a center of patriotic movements and political activities for ethnic Koreans, and attended the Central Committee of the Korean National Association in November 1912.

the leader of the American Korean community
He was appointed as the chairman of the North American General Assembly of the Korean National Association in February 1913 and as the chief writer of "Shinhan Min-bo" in June, he strengthened the solidarity of the Korean community by working on the Korean-American enlightenment movement, anti-Japanese independence movement, and national education movement. In June of the same year, when Korean workers were kicked out after being mistaken for Japanese while working on a British farm in Riverside, California, the U.S. Japan Corporation said it would solve the labor problem of Koreans, and expressed its intention to keep overseas Koreans under Japanese control. In response, he sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Brian, asking him to strongly protest Japan's interference and to accept a pledge not to interfere with the Korean community, and to acknowledge it. Accordingly, in April 1914, the U.S. Secretary of State as well as the California State Government officially recognized the Korean National Congress of North America as a corporation, and at the same time, it was treated as a representative institution of Koreans in the U.S. and provided an opportunity to act as an asylum government in the U.S. In February 1915, he was re-elected as president of the North American General Assembly of the Korean National Association, and in March of the same year, he personally created a Korean alphabet hat and invented an original intertype Korean-style porcelain to revolutionize print in existing newspapers. With this machine, the National Association of North America produced "Shinhan Minbo" from 1915 to 1970. In addition, while providing accommodation and jobs for asylum seekers, he personally officiated the wedding of more than 70 photo-marriage brides, graduated from UC Berkeley in 1916 for the first time as a Korean and then graduated from the Pacific Seminary in San Angelmo. In February 1918, he was re-elected as the president of the North American General Assembly of the Korean National Association, and he actively participated in the Korean independence movement by participating in the Korean Declaration of Independence in 1919. In August 1919, he went to Washington and met with Rhee Syng-man to discuss the establishment of the Gumi Parking Foreign Relations Committee.

The last
In March 1921, Kim Kyu-sik and Song Heon-ju established the Gumi Committee and focused on diplomatic and independent propaganda activities as the secretary, but died due to overwork.

After death

 * The Korean government awarded the Order of Independence in 1995 to honor the deceased's achievements.