User:Dckewon5131/이원영 (1910년)

Lee Won-young (24 January 1910 – 12 August 1985) was a Korean businessman and politician during the Japanese occupation. His domicile was Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and he was from Gwangju-gun, Gyeonggi-do.

Life
On March 25, 1936, he graduated from the Department of Law and Literature at Kyungsung Imperial University and joined the editorial department of Kyungsung Ilbo in April of the same year. He served as Tokyo correspondent for Maeil Shinbo from February 1938 to 1941 and served as the political director of Maeil Shinbo (November 1941), the political director (April 1942 to August 1944), and the editorial writer (in 1943).

From January 1943 to June 1944, he served as a member of the Economic Committee of the National Federation of Korean Industries, General Manager of the Korean Air Industry Co., Ltd. (August 1944) and a member of the Korean Press Association (June 1945).

"24 Million Happinesses to Welcome the New Self (Generous Father)" in the Maeil Shinbo on June 18, 1942,

In the "Landing in Busan, Governor-General Koiso" he praised the inauguration of Governor Koiso Kuniaki as "a new owner who will rekindle the warmth of the young Joseon."

In August of the same year, the article "New Governor-General's Theory of Goiso" written in the magazine "Dongyangjigwang" also praised, "Chosun, who entrusted its fate to the progressive insight, firmness, and indomitable beliefs of Governor Goiso Kuniaki, is happy."

"If Japan loses the Great East Asian War (Pacific War), Dong-A will only be destroyed and slavery awaits," wrote in the April 1944 "Dongyangjigwang" magazine "The Tensions of War and the Needs of Young People."

It is time for the entire Dong-A people to split up for the survival of the entire Dong-A people, and in order not to sin against destroying themselves and destroying Joseon in the future, they must rise up immediately with a sense of justice to protecting the nation and saving Dong-A." Due to this career, it was included in the media/publishing section of the National Institute of Korean Studies' list of pro-Japanese dictionaries and the 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities announced by the Pro-Japanese Anti-nationality Commission.

After liberation from Japanese colonial rule, he served as executive director of Joseon Wood Co., Ltd. (August 1947), general manager of Jeoksan House Residents Association (April 1949), CEO of Korea Ocean Fishery Co., Ltd. (July 1958), CEO of Namhan Jaesang Co., Ltd. (March 1966) and Chairman of Korea Jam Association (1973).

In 1967, he was elected as the 7th proportional representative member of the Democratic Republican Party. On August 12, 1985, he died at the age of 75 at his home in 808, 110-dong, Hanbo Mido Apartment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Reference

 * Lee Won-young - Constitutional Society of Korea