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Lyuh Woon-hyung (Korean: 여운형; RR: Yeo Un-hyeong; 25 May 1886 – 19 July 1947), also known by his art name Mongyang (몽양; 夢陽), was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
Lyuh Woon-hyung, also known by his art name Mongyang, was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
Lyuh Woon-hyung (Korean: 여운형; RR: Yeo Un-hyeong; 25 May 1886 – 19 July 1947), also known by his art name Mongyang (몽양; 夢陽), was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
Also known as Yo Un-hyong, although his name would more accurately be pronounced Yuh Oon-hyung (여운형). He was assassinated on July 19, 1947 by Han Ji-geun, a member of secret society for White Terror “Baek-ui-sa” (백의사, White Shirts Society)
That night, Lyuh Woon-hyung launched the National Preparatory Committee, basing its structure on the Founding Alliance, an underground secret independence movement that he had formed a year before in August 1944. Subsequently, Lyuh released all the political prisoners in Seodaemun Prison.
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Lyuh Woon-hyung or Yo Un-hyung (May 25, 1886 – July 19, 1947) was a Korean politician who argued that Korean independence was essential to world peace, and a reunification activist who struggled for the independent reunification of Korea since its national division in 1945.
Nov 11, 2021 · Initially organized through the liberal nationalist Lyuh Woon-hyung (Yuh Un-hyung)’s Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence, the People’s Committees served as the basis for a sovereign Korean state, the People’s Republic of Korea (PRK), founded on September 6, 1945.
