Euiyeoldan’s plan to attack to Japan and Park yeol’s struggle

Abstract

Founded on Nov. 9, 1919, Chosun Euiyeoldan(義烈團) steadily waged a righteous struggle. In the wake of the failure of the first general attack plan in Korea, the Euiyeoldan reorganized its departments into classified, executive, and propaganda departments from the first half of 1922, establishing a command system, and promoting the second plan through the operation of a number of the first half of 1922. The Euiyeoldan held a secret general meeting in June 1923 and a group of members in October to publicize the Japanese attack at home and abroad. The event in Japan was planned to be carried out in October when the wedding of the Japanese crown prince is scheduled. As a result, Kim Won-bong(金元鳳) dispatched his members to Taiwan, Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, and Yoko Hama from the first half of the year. The practice of living in Tokyo was left to a group of Park Yeol(朴烈). In the spring of 1922, Park Yeol met Choe Hyok-jin(崔爀鎭), a member of the Euiyeoldan, and signed an agreement with Kim Han(金翰) in Seoul around the fall to deliver the bombs to Tokyo. Park Yeol negotiated the purchase of the bomb through the Shanghai Euiyeol Group and is believed to have succeeded in bringing the bomb safely to somewhere in Tokyo. However, he planned to go on a grand march in October, but he was frustrated when the unexpected September 1 earthquake in Kanto occurred and was arrested during the Korean massacre. Despite the failure, the Euiyeoldan’s plan to move to Japan continued. The attack against Japan, which was carried out by Kim Ji-seob on January 5, 1924, was followed by the “Gyeongbuk Uyoldan Incident” in which 11 members of Beijing’s Euiyeoldan unit were arrested after being smuggled into Korea to collect funds for bomb purchases aimed at attacking Tokyo. In the heart of imperialism, the righteous army’s plan to stage a massive Euiyeoldan struggle against Japan Empire was steadily pursued until the winter of 1922 and 1925.