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Lee Hang-jik (April 10, 1882 – July 18, 1960) was a soldier of the Korean Empire and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Joseon during the Japanese occupation.

Life
The domicile was Hansan and from the Noron family. He was a military officer who graduated from the Army Military Academy of the Korean Empire in the early 1900s. He served as a member of the observation department of Pyeonganbuk-do and Hwanghae-do, and served as a member of the Korean Empire Army from 1904 to 1907. In 1909, just before the signing of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty, he became the secretary general of the undergraduate department and the secretary general of the department.

In 1911, the year after the annexation of Korea and Japan, he was appointed as a vice-chairman of the Central Committee. Around this time, there is a record that Lee Hang-jik and 12 other people filed a petition demanding that the bonds received in commemoration of the merger be exchanged for cash.

After 10 years as a vice president of the Central Committee, he became a member of the Central Committee when the Central Committee was reorganized in 1921 and served until 1933. The total length of time served in the Central Garden is about 22 years. During this period, the Japanese government awarded the Korean Merger Medal in 1912 and the Showa Memorial Medal in 1928. In 1924, he was invited to an event to commemorate Emperor Taisho's birthday.

He served as a teacher at Geumneung School in Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do, and Gwangseong School in Pyeongannam-do, and also served as a principal of Kiho School and Hwadong School. Among them, Kiho School, established by the Kiho Heung Society, is the predecessor of Seoul Jungang High School. Lee Hang-jik was from a military academy and taught gymnastics. According to Kim Gu's Baekbeom Diary, after the signing of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 in 1905, figures who opposed it gathered at Sangdong Church to propose an ax appeal, and Lee Hang-jik was one of the participants of the meeting..

It was included in both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the pro-Japanese life dictionary released in 2008. In 2007, it was also included in the list of 195 pro-Japanese anti-national acts announced by the Korean Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Pro-Japanese Anti-National Acts.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office

Reference

 * Lee Hang-jik - National History Compilation Committee
 * Lee Hang-jik - National History Compilation Committee