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Hong Chung-hyeon (2 July 1869 – 8 April 1925) was a businessman during the Japanese occupation.

Life
My hometown is Hanseongbu. Around 1884, when he was in his mid-teens, he entered the trade brokerage business and ran an import trader. After succeeding in the trade industry early and accumulating capital, in 1900, he began social activities, such as being appointed as the chairperson of the Central Committee of the Korean Empire, sixth in charge.

In 1906, he became a founding member of the Hansung Agricultural and Industrial Bank, and in 1907, he served as a member of the Korean Self-Defense Forces Association and was in charge of accounting at the Self-Defense Forces Association organized by Iljinhoe to interfere with righteous army activities. In addition, he worked for several organizations affiliated with the enlightenment faction and worked as an executive of Ito Memorial Society when Hirobumi Ito was killed.

In 1909, he became a director of Korea Cheonil Bank and served until 1918, and in 1912, he served as a member of the Gyeongseong Commercial Chamber and served as a senior member of the business community. In 1912, after the signing of the annexation treaty between Korea and Japan, the Japanese government received the Korea Merger Memorial Medal, and when Emperor Meiji of Japan died in the same year, 1,000 certificates were produced and distributed free of charge.

For five years from 1916, he became the secretary, director, and councilor of the Daejeong Industrial Friendship Association, the Council of the Buddhist Guardian Association and the Senior Citizens' Association in 1917, the advisor of the Joseon Economic Association in 1919, and the promoter of the Joseon Club in 1921. These are all pro-Japanese organizations composed of capitalists and influential people. During this period, he served as the founder of Daechang Trading Co., Ltd., the founder of Chosun Life Insurance Co., Ltd., the director of Chosun Natural Ice Co., Ltd., and the major shareholder of Chosun Gyeongnam Railway Co., Ltd.

In 2007, it was selected in the economic category among the 195-member list of pro-general national activities announced by the Korean Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Pro-General National Act. It is also included in the list of candidates to be included in the pro-Japanese dictionary of the Institute for National Affairs announced in 2008.

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 * Self-Defense Forces Association
 * Daejeong Unemployment Friendship Association