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Hyun Ki-bong (October 14, 1855 – July 7, 1924) was a rich man during the late Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese colonial period and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea.

His pen name was Seongsan.

Life
He was a landowner born to a wealthy family in South Jeolla Province. There is a record that he rescued the poor people by participating in the Guhyul activities in 1888, and he was revered as a "grand saint of the old people." He passed the state examination in 1891. He served as a local community leader, such as holding a position at Hyanggyo and Hyangyak in Yeongam-gun or establishing a school to become a principal. In 1906, he became the chairman of Yeongam-gun, and in 1909, he served as the chairman of Mokpo Bumin.

After the annexation treaty between Korea and Japan was signed in 1910, he was appointed as an adviser to Mokpo-bu the following year, and served as a member of the Central Committee.

In order to deal with the confusion of public sentiment caused by the March 1st Movement in September 1919, in response to the convocation of representatives of each province by Governor-General of Joseon Saito Makoto, he attended a lecture on the situation hosted by the Governor-General of Joseon as a representative of Jeollanam-do.

When Hyun Ki-bong died in 1924, With about 100,000 people participating, it was virtually the same as a provincial funeral. Hyun Young-won, Hyun Joon-ho's third son, is the father of Hyundai Group Chairman Hyun Jung-eun, and Hyun Jung-eun becomes a great-grandfather.

After death
In 1935, "Joseon Meritorious Self-Defense", compiled by the Governor-General, it is included with Hyun Jun-ho, one of the 353 Korean meritorious people.

It was selected as the center of the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective pro-Japanese biographical dictionaries released in 2008, 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 Act in 2009. Hyun Joon-ho is also included in the three lists.

See more

 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * Hyun Joon-ho

Reference

 * Hyun Ki-bong - National History Compilation Committee