Tag: Korean Volunteer Army

  • Choi Neung-ik (1889–1976): Organizing the Korean Volunteer Army’s Support Committee in America

    Choi Neung-ik (1889–1976): Organizing the Korean Volunteer Army’s Support Committee in America

    Read in Korean Born in 1889 in Kangseo, Pyongan Province, Choi Neung-ik went into exile in the United States in 1916 with the aim of achieving Korea’s independence and fighting against Japanese colonial rule. While studying at a university in the Willows area of Northern California, he participated in the founding conference of the Student…