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Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea propelled various types of independence movements. Korean Patriotic Organization was one of the secret organization that to assassinate major people of Empire of Japan. Korean Patriotic Organization was made by Kim Gu, president of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. As a executive Kim Suk, Ahn Gong-geun, Lee Su-bong, Lee Yu-pil managed Korean Patriotic Organization. As a member Yoo Sang-geun, Yoo Jin-man, Yun Bong-gil, Lee Bong-chang, Lee Duk-ju, Choi Heung-sik etc.

Korean Patriotic Organization is a new way of independence movement by assassinating major people of Empire of Japan. They tried to frustrate Japan's national operating system, foreign aggression assassination. In other words, they tried to make big result by assassinating small number of leaders.

Background
In September 18th 1931, the Empire of Japan manipulated Liutiaohu incident(Bombing Manchu railroad) for Manchu invasion. Chinese people's anti-Japanese independence movement proliferated because of this movement by Empire of Japan. To promote Korea - China friendly relation and to revitalize depressed independence movement Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea decided to make secret organization which perform covering force mission to assassinate Japanese key figures, to destroy institution and entrust Kim Gu with full powers.

Kim Gu organized Korean Patriotic Organization with about 80 patriotic young man in Shanghai, China. Executive member was Kim Suk, Ahn Gong-geun, Lee Su-bong, Lee Yu-pil and unit member was Yoo Sang-geun, Yoo Jin-man, Yun Bong-gil, Lee Bong-chang, Lee Duk-ju, Choi Heung-sik etc. Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea astounded Japan by assassinating key figures. They expected to stop Japan's aggression by these activities.

Main Event

 * Sakuradamon Incident(, 1932), by Lee Bong-chang

On the late 1931, Kim Gu secretly sent Lee Bong-chang to Tokyo to assassinate the Japanese emperor Hirohito(昭和天皇). Lee Bong-chang arrived Tokyo at early January, 1932. On January 8th, he threw bomb to the Japanese emperor Hirohito in front of the Sakuradamon, who was returning to his palace after a military review at suburb of Tokyo with Puyi emperor of Manchukuo, but failed to assassinate. Right after the incident, Lee Bong-chang pulled Taegukgi(National Flag of South Korea) he shouted "Daehan Dokrip Manse", Hurray for the independence of Korea) three times then immediately arrested by Japan police.

Lee Bong-chang didn't respond to a single question by Japan police and he was sentenced to death by closed trial on September 30th, executed in Ichigaya Prison, October 10th.

This incident became a tonic for a anti-Japanese independence movement. Kuomintang of China spotlighted this incident in their official organ Kuominilbo. But this action caused Japan to make up Shanghai War of 1932.


 * Hongkou Park Incident(, 1932), by Yun Bong-gil

On April 29th 1932, Yun Bong-gil carried out a bombing attack using a bomb disguised as a water bottle (it is widely misconceived as a narrow lunch box; Yun Bong-gil carried two bombs to Shanghai, one being the water bottle and the other being the lunch box. The water bottle was used for the killing while the lunch box was intended to be used to kill himself after the assassination, but failed to detonate) at a Japanese army celebration of Emperor Hirohito's birthday in Hongkou Park, Shanghai.

The bombing killed Yoshinori Shirakawa(白川 義則), a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, and Kawabata Sadaji(河端 貞次), a Government Chancellor of Japanese residents in Shanghai. It also seriously injured Kenkichi Ueda(植田 謙吉), Division 9 commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, Kuramatsu Murai(村井倉松), Japanese Consul-General in Shanghai, and Mamoru Shigemitsu(重光 葵), Japanese Envoy in Shanghai, Kichisaburo Nomura(野村 吉三郎), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the ambassador to the United States at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China highly praised "two billion Chinese people didn't make it, but one Korean did it"

Yun Bong-gil was arrested at the scene and convicted by the Japanese military court in Shanghai on May 25th. He was transferred to Osaka prison on November 18th, and executed in Kanazawa on December 18th. He was buried in Nodayama graveyard.


 * Other activity
 * 1) An attempted assassination to kill governer-general of Chosun, by Lee Duk-ju, Yoo Jin-man
 * 2) An attempted assassination to kill high officials of Japan, by Yoo Sang-geun, Choi Heung-sik

Korean Patriotic Organization was identified because of Yoo Sang-geun and Choi Heung-sik incident was discovered beforehand.

Member
President
 * Kim Gu

Executive
 * Kim Suk
 * Ahn Gong-geun
 * Lee Su-bong
 * Lee Yu-pil

Member
 * Yoo Sang-geun
 * Yoo Jin-man
 * Yun Bong-gil
 * Lee Bong-chang
 * Lee Duk-ju
 * Choi Heung-sik

Influence
Influenced by these activities from Korean Patriotic Organization, not only Korean's anti-Japanese independence movement hardened but also China's anti-Japanese independence movement hardened. During that time Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was activating within Chinese territory, Kuomintang of China increased support and interest for Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea after Sakuradamon Incident by Lee Bong-chang and Hongkou Park Incident by Yun Bong-gil.

By extension, Kuomintang of China recognized the armed independence movement within Chinese territory. As a result, Korean Liberation Army was established.