User:Dckewon5131/최병혁 (1878년)

Choi Byung-hyuk (October 19, 1878 – August 15, 1920) was a local official during the early Japanese colonial period.

Life
He was born in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, and served as a junior official of the Korean Empire from 1902.

In 1902, he began his official duties as an administrator of the Hwanghae-do Observatory, and later worked in the Takji Department, Pyongyang, and the Finance Department of Uiju. After the annexation treaty was signed, he was appointed as the military secretary of the Joseon Governor-General in 1911, and served as the county governors of Singye-gun and Geumcheon-gun in Hwanghae-do. In 1912, he also received the Korea Merger Memorial Medal.

While serving as the county governor of Eunryul-gun from 1917, he was killed by members of the Korean Independence Corps, including Lee Ji-pyo, who had infiltrated from Manchuria in 1920. Choi Byung-hyuk was killed because he actively persecuted protesters when the March 1 Independence Movement took place. Members of the Korean Independence Corps were killed or arrested after a guerrilla war at Guwolsan Mountain, and Choi Byung-hyuk was posthumously awarded the 6th Hun.

It was included in the list of 106 pro-Japanese anti-ethnic activities investigated and published by the Pro-Japanese Anti-ethnic Behavior Truth Commission in 2006 and in the list of prospective pro-Japanese life dictionaries compiled by the National Research Institute in 2008.

Reference

 * Lee Ji-pyo: Merit of Independence - Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
 * Lee Ji-pyo: Merit of Independence - Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs