Baek Jeong-gi
| Baek Jeong-gi | |
 Baek at a Japanese newspaper in 1934 | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 백정기 |
| Hanja | 白貞基 |
| Revised Romanization | Baek Jeonggi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Paek Chŏnggi |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 구파 |
| Hanja | 鷗波 |
| Revised Romanization | Gupa |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kup'a |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 용선 |
| Hanja | 溶善 |
| Revised Romanization | Yongseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yongsŏn |
Baek Jeong-gi (백정기, 19 January 1896 – 5 June 1934) was a Korean anarchist independence fighter during the Japanese occupation.[1]
Early life
He was born in Buan, North Jeolla.
After death
In 1946, Pak Yol recovered the remains of Lee Bong-chang, Yun Bong-gil and Baek Jeong-gi from Japan and conducted the national funeral on 6 July. Baek is buried in the tomb of Hyochang Park.[2] Together their resting place became known as the Tomb of the Three Martyrs, where they are honoured as fighters for Korean independence.[3]
References
- ^ "백정기". terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ 해방공간의 아나키스트. 이문창. 2008. ISBN 89-6147-118-X.
- ^ Borowiec, Steven (5 August 2015). "Koreans bow to heroes of the 1930s". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
Further reading
- Ko, Gyeong-Hui (July 2018). The Stories of Old Tombs in Korea (PDF) (Master's). Jeju National University. pp. 68–69, 95.
- Hwang, Dongyoun (2007). "Beyond Independence: The Korean Anarchist Press in China and Japan in the 1920s and 1930s". Asian Studies Review. 31 (1): 3–23. doi:10.1080/10357820701196668. ISSN 1035-7823.
- Hwang, Dongyoun (2016). Anarchism in Korea: Independence, Transnationalism, and the Question of National Development, 1919-1984 (PDF). Albany, New York: SUNY Press. pp. 31, 65, 126–127. ISBN 978-1-4384-6167-0. OCLC 1039293708.
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