Min Won-sik
| Min Won-sik | |
|---|---|
 Min Won-sik, 1913 | |
| Born |
Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi, Korea |
| Died |
February 17, 1921 (aged 34) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Korean politician and political rights of Korean activists and right of autonomy of Korean activists. |
Min Won-sik (Hangul: 민원식; Hanja: 閔元植, July 12, 1886 – February 17, 1921) was a politician and journalist during the late Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese colonial era. He was an advocate for Korean political rights and autonomy. Also a noted writer and poet, he used the literary names of Chungam (정암, 正菴), Nankok (난곡, 蘭谷), Handong (한동, 韓東), Yangha (양하, 養何).
he was belief pro-Japanese group, In 1910 until his death he was political rights of Korean activity and right of autonomy of Korean activity, participate in the Japanese government administrations.
Biography
under the Korean Empire
Min was born Yangpyeong County in Gyeonggi province. His real father was Min Young-jun, but as a child he was adopted by his relative Min Young-uk. His family belonged to the Yeoheung Min clan, a famous noble family of the Joseon Dynasty, and he was distantly related to Empress Myeongseong and Empress Sunmyeong. His wife was a niece of King Gogong.
In 1899, Min went to Japan to teach of Korean language at the East Asia Foreign Language School (동아어학교). In February 1905, he returned to Korea and was appointed to a police post (Gyeongmucheong Chongsun (경무청 총순, 警務廳總巡), but resigned after a year. Under the Japanese protectorate over Korea, he was rapidly promoted under the sponsorship of Ito Hirobumi and Hasegawa Yoshimichi, becoming Secretary of the Ministry of Interior in July 1906, and Hygiene manager of the Bureau of Health and Sanitation within the Ministry of Interior in August 1906. As part of his efforts to improve on the control of infectious diseases and hygiene in Korea, he introduced the system of state-regulated prostitution with mandatory testing of prostitutes for venereal disease.
In March 1907, he was appointed to acting director of a Gwangjewon hospital(광제원 廣濟院) and April 1 until April 25, 1907 appoonted to director of a Gwangjewon hospital and concurrent position of Hygiene Department Director of Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In January 1, 1910, he was take office as CEO of The Newspaper Current events(시사신문).[1] In 1910 he was join and a member activity of club Jeongwu(정우회), a political club of Japanophilism.[2]
Under the Japanese general government
In 1910, after the Annexation of Korea by Japan, Min served on the Central Advisory Institute of the Governor-General of Korea. From the start of the Japanese period, Min argues for increased Korean autonomy and political rights within the Japanese Empire. In July 1911 he was appointed Governor of Yangji County, and March 1914, Governor of Icheon County. On several occasions, he petitioned to Japanese Governor-General for Korean suffrage, but his petitions were rejected. From 1915 to 1917 Min served as Commissioner of the Land Survey Committee of Gyeonggi Province and in September 1917 was appointed Governor of Goyang County. In 1919, he spoke out against the March 1st movement, feeling that Korean independence at that time was impossible, and that the March 1st movement was creating needless violence and was detrimental to the cause of increased Korean autonomy, which he felt could be attained under the existing Japanese legal system.[3] he was issue a statement to possess oneself, that title is "bestir oneself wish pioneer(선각자의 분려를 바란다.)"[4]
In November 1919, he resigned as Governor of Goyang County, and was immediately reappointed to the Central Advisory Institute of the Governor-General of Korea.
In July and in November 1920, and again from January to February 1921, Min went to Japan, to speak with lawmakers in the Diet of Japan, both in the House of Representatives of Japan and the House of Peers to promote the cause of Korean autonomy. he was stay in Tokyo.[5] He also met with numerous Japanese intellectuals. However, his efforts to promote autonomy and better rights for Koeans under Japanese rule were strongly opposed by the Korean independence movement. On February 17, 1921 while he was staying at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, he was stabbed by Korean independence activist Yang Keun-hwan's dagger,[6] who was disguised as a carpenter. Min was taken to the emergency room of the Tokyo Imperial University hospital, but died of his wounds shortly thereafter.
post death
his convey coffin was vessel and trains, After the hour-long service, his death body was taken to a Namdaemun. funeral for three days, he funeral for three days, Hosted by Eom Ju-myong(his brother in-law) and Eon Jun-won(father in-law), brother and father of Eom Chae-deok, wife of Min Won-sik. his death body was buried in neighboring hill of Hongreung.
after a few years, move the grave was temple compound of Gaeunsa, in Anam-dong Seoul.
Work
Book
- Matter of governing in Korea (조선 통치문제, 朝鮮統治問題), 1920
a work of art
- Muklando (묵란도 墨蘭圖)
- Mukmaedo (묵매도 墨梅圖)
- Mukjukdo (묵죽도 墨竹圖), 1914
- Kukhwa (국화 菊花)
References
- ↑ 밤의 일제 침략사 The Hangyoerye 2004.11.12. (in Korean)
- ↑ '친일파' 고희준 전 거제군수의 굴절된 삶 Ohmynews 2003.07.13. (in Korean)
- ↑ 김선흠 등 매일신보•시사평론 간부 8명 친일 규명 미디어오늘 2007.12.12 (in Korean)
- ↑ "총독부 기관지, 3.1 운동 무시하다 뒤늦게 왜곡"
- ↑ 총독부 드나들며 정보보고 후 기밀비 챙겨 오마이뉴스 2004.07.20. (in Korean)
- ↑ 5월의 독립운동가 양근환 선생 The Dongah 2009.05.01. (in Korean)
External links
- 민원식 (in Korean)
- Min Won-sik (in Korean)
- 김선흠 등 매일신보•시사평론 간부 8명 친일 규명 미디어오늘 2007.12.12 (in Korean)
- 국립병원, 일제의 유린을 받기 시작하다. [일제 강점기 의료의 풍경·8] 광제원 Pressian 2011.05.27. (in Korean)
- 조선 최초의 '보건복지부' 장관은? [근대 의료의 풍경·46] 근대 보건의료 개혁 Pressian 2010.08.05. (in Korean)