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Yang Joo-eun (1879-1981): Preserving the Shinhan Minbo for 50 Years
Read in Korean Born on May 25, 1879, into a family of ginseng merchants in Kaesong, he boarded the first immigrant ship to Hawaii. At that time, the cost of immigration, which amounted to $100 including the fare and food expenses, was paid in advance by the owner of a sugarcane plantation, with the agreement…
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Hwang Sa-yong (1881-1964): Devoting His Life to Missionary Work
Read in Korean Arriving in the United States in 1904, he dedicated his life to missionary work. In 1908, he founded the Asia Industrial Company to promote the employment of Koreans. In May 1909, when compatriots who had migrated to Mexico were freed from slave labor on the farms, the North American National Association sent…
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History of the Independence Movement in San Francisco: Jeon Myeong-un (1884-1947)
Read in Korean Jeon Myeong-un was born in 1884 in Pyongyang. While studying at Hanseong Academy (the predecessor of Gyeonggi High School), he organized a secret society and engaged in the independence movement as the oppression from the Japanese colonial government intensified. In 1905, after being pursued by the Japanese military police, he fled to…
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Key Figures from Central California: Kim Hyeong-soon (Harry S. Kim 1886–1968)
Read in Korean Born in 1886 in Tongyeong, Gyeongnam, Kim Hyeong-soon graduated from Paichai School in 1901. He was proficient in English and worked for a year as the first Korean interpreter at the Incheon Customs Office before passing the interpreter exam for the Su-min-won (Korean Customs). In 1903, he came to the United States…
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Key Figures from Central California: Han Si-dae (1888–1981)
Read in Korean In the 1920s, Han Si-dae and his family established a company called The Hanka Enterprise Company in Delano. After immigrating to Hawaii, Han Si-dae graduated from high school there and then moved to the mainland to become a small-scale farmer. By renting land and working hard with his family, he was able…
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Key Figures from Central California: Kim Ho(1884–1968)
Read in Korean Born in Seoul, Han-sa Kim Ho’s birth name was Kim Jeong-jin. When he exiled to China in 1912, he changed his name to Kim Ho to cross the border. He received modern education at Hanseong School (the predecessor of Gyeonggi High School) and attended Jeongdong Church with his mother. He taught new…
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Key Figures of Central California: Song Cheol (1896–1986)
Read in Korean He was born in Geumsan, Jeonbuk Province. He graduated from Shinheung Middle School in Jeonju, which was founded by missionaries, and later graduated from Yeongmyeong High School in Gunsan. Deeply moved after hearing a speech by Syngman Rhee in 1911, he became a devoted follower of Rhee. After teaching mathematics and physics…
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중가주(Central California)의 주요인물들:한시대-1888 ~ 1981
Read in English 1920년대에 딜라노에 한시대와 그의 가족은 The Hanka Enterprise Company라는 회사를 설립하였다. 하와이로 이민을 온 한시대는 그곳에서 고등학교를 졸업하고 자작농을 하려고 본토로 왔다. 땅을 세를 얻어 온 가족이 열심히 일하여 일차 세계대전동안 쌀값이 오르자 그는 돈을 많이 모을 수 있었고 농장지를 살 수 있었다. 약 4백 에이커가 되던 그의 농토는 1945년 말에는 50만…
과거에 미래를 더하다 샌프란시스코 한국인 역사와 여행 가이드
가난과 일제의 압박을 피해 이민, 망명 또는 유학으로 온 초기 이민들은 농장에서, 알래스카 어장에서, 철도 공사장에서, 수은광산에서 고된 노동을 하며 살았다. 그런 중에서 학업을 계속해 의사 또는 박사가 되는 이도 있었으며, 사업을 크게 일으키기도 하며 오로지 조국 의 독립만을 생각하며 생애를 바쳤다. 초기 이민을 온 한인들은 이민의 관문이었고 중심지였던 샌프란시스코에 살았거나 샌프란시스코를 중심으로 활동했다. 초기 이민 치고 샌프란시스코와 관계없이 산 사람은 없었다.
