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Choi Yang-ho (4 December 1882 – 12 December 1950) was an official of the Korean Empire and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea during the Japanese colonial period. His hometown was Chuncheon-myeon, Chuncheon-gun, Gangwon-do.

Life
He was from Chuncheon-gun, Gangwon-do. When he was young, he studied Chinese characters, and in 1902, he was appointed as the chief of the communications bureau and worked as an official of the Korean Empire, working at the Gangwon-do Observatory.

With the signing of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty in 1910, he was promoted to the head of the Governor-General of Korea. He served two years in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do, and left the office in 1912. After retiring, he served as a councilor, the head of the Chuncheon Financial Union, and the Gangwon-do councilor and served as a community leader in the Chuncheon area.

In 1933, he was appointed to the Council of the Central Committee. It was published in the "Joseon Merit Self-Defense" compiled by the Governor-General in 1935, and was also considered one of the "five beneficiaries who raised Chuncheon" in an article in the "Joseon Joongang Ilbo" in 1936.

In 1934, he served as a council member at a commercial association formed by Cheondogyo Choerin, and in 1941, he served as a promoter of Gangwon-do Province at the Joseon Imjeonbo Corps, which was launched to support the Pacific War.

The Central Committee of the 708-member pro-Japanese group list announced in 2002, and in 2008, the center of the list of prospective candidates for the pro-Japanese biographical dictionary released by the Institute for Ethnic Affairs, bureaucrats, it was selected in the pro-Japanese organization category and was also included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the Committee on the Truth of Pro-Japanese Anti-National Activities in 2009.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * a commercial association
 * the Joseon Imjeonbo Corps

Reference

 * Choi Yang-ho - National History Compilation Committee