Person1872 – 1909
Ernest T. Bethell
British journalist who published the Daehan maeil sinbo with Yang Gi-tak, beyond the reach of Japanese censorship as a British subject
Where they went
2 related events
- 1
The Briton Ernest Bethell and Yang Gi-tak founded the Daehan maeil sinbo; with a British publisher it escaped Japanese censorship and could take an anti-Japanese line.
- 2
A campaign to pay off Korea’s 13 million won debt to Japan with money raised by the people began in Daegu and spread across the country.
People who appear alongside
- Yang Gi-tak1871 – 1938
Co-publisher of the Daehan maeil sinbo who led the National Debt Repayment Movement and the New People’s Association
- Park Eun-sik1859 – 1925
Nationalist historian, author of the Painful History of Korea, and second President of the Provisional Government
- Sin Chae-ho1880 – 1936
Nationalist historian who wrote the Ancient History of Joseon and the Declaration of the Korean Revolution; died in Lüshun Prison
- Seo Sang-don1850 – 1913
Daegu merchant who proposed the National Debt Repayment Movement with Kim Gwang-je
Themes this person appears in
- DaeguAD 689 – 1960
Dalgubeol, where King Sinmun tried to move his capital — where the National Debt Repayment Movement and the 2·28 student protest began