Ko-Dang tul (39 moves)
In his encyclopaedia General Choi told us:
Ko Dang is the
pseudonym of the patriot Cho Man-Sik, who devoted his life to the Korean
Independence Movement & to the education of the Korean people. The 39
movements signify his times of imprisonment & his birthplace on the 39° latitude.
What
I’ve discovered
Cho
Man-Sik (1883-1950) was a
nationalist and an elder in the Presbyterian Church, he became known as the
‘Ghandi of
Cho
Man-Sik took part in the
During
the 1920’s he was active in promoting nationalism in the economy by encouraging
people to buy Korean goods.
The
People’s Committee of
He went on to form the Korean (Chosun) Democratic Party of the Christians, nationalists and intellectuals, as the first leader of North Korea Cho stood up to the Soviets.
In late 1945, when Kim Il Sung returned to
‘liberated Korea’ in a Soviet uniform he was forced to share the leadership of
North Korea.
Cho Man-Sik was anti-Soviet in his stance and as a
result he opposed Kim Il Sung, who was supported by the Soviets.
Cho Man-Sik was again arrested along with many
other anti-Soviet nationalists, who did not manage to flee to
Cho Man-Sik was executed by the Communists in 1950
as the persecution of the Christians began.
It was therefore Kim Il Sung who rose to power in
Cho Man-Sik was declared a martyr and honoured by
the government of
For
sources of this information please see the bibliography section of the site.
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