User:Dckewon5131/조희연 (1856년)

Jo Hee-yeon (May 26, 1856 – July 20, 2015) was a soldier in the late Joseon Dynasty and was crowned as a Korean noble during the Japanese colonial period. His Courtesy name was Simwon, his pen name was Kiwon, his domicile was Pyongyang, and his hometown was Dangjujeong, Gyeongseongbu.

After passing the military examination in 1874, he worked as a military officer. During the Gabo Peasants' Movement in 1894, he organized a Jeongto-gun and organized the Chotosa Hong Gye-hoon and the Yangho Patrol Association Military supplies and military expenses were paid and dispatched.

When the ruling Yeohung Min clan tried to suppress the peasant army by inviting the Qing army, Cho Hee-yeon opposed it, and participated in it when the Japanese army dismissed Empress Myeongseong and promoted Heungseon Daewongun under the pretext of the Qing army's intervention.

Since then, whenever the pro-Japanese regime stands, it has continued to be appointed. During the Gabo Police Chief, he was appointed to Jangwisa Temple, and Kim Hong-jip's first, second, and fourth pro-Japanese cabinet, respectively, as the Minister of Military Affairs, Seo-ri, Military Affairs, and Military Affairs. He went into exile in Agwanpacheon-Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation.

On February 11, 1896, King Gojong ordered the arrest of Yoo Gil-jun, Cho Hee-yeon, Jang Bak, Kwon Young-jin, Lee Doo-hwang, Woo Beom-seon, Lee Beom-rae, and Lee Jin-ho under the royal order. Some of them had already fled to Japan. On February 15, King Gojong ordered the beheading of Cho Hee-yeon and others.

In March 1904, when Japanese envoy Ito Hirobumi visited Korea, King Gojong obtained consent by proposing to deport or detain a factor among refugees abroad. The factors nominated by King Gojong were 14 people, including Lee Joon-yong, Park Young-hyo, Lee Kyu-wan, Yoo Gil-joon, Cho Hee-yeon, Jang Bak, Lee Bum-rae, Lee Jin-ho, Cho Hee-moon, Koo Yeon-soo, Lee Doo-hwang, Shin Eung-hee, Kwon Dong-jin, and Jeong Nangyo. However, Japan did not carry out the exile measures promised to King Gojong.

In mid-April 1904, King Gojong asked the Japanese legation to expel 14 Korean political refugees, including Cho Hee-yeon, Park Young-hyo, Yoo Gil-jun, Jang Bak, Lee Doo-hwang, Lee Jin-ho, Kwon Dong-jin, Koo Yeon-soo, Jeong Ran-kyo, Lee Kyu-wan, Lee Beom-rae, and Shin Eung-hee, and others from Japan. The Japanese corporation reported to the Japanese Foreign Minister on April 14, but the Japanese government refused to repatriate them.

After living in exile in Japan for more than 10 years due to Agwanpacheon-Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation, he returned to Korea in 1907 and served as president of Pyo Hoon-won, who is in charge of the palace's special investigation officer and the Hunpojang. After signing the Korea-Japan annexation treaty in 1910, he was created a baron by the Japanese government on October 16, 1910 and served as an advisor to the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea from October 1, 1910 to April 19, 1915. Upon his death, he returned the title and did not inherit the title.

After death

 * It was selected from both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups released by the National Assembly for National Regime in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the Pro-Japanese Biographical Dictionary released in 2008.
 * It is also included in the list of 195 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the Korea Anti-Japanese Anti-National Activities Committee in 2007.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office