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Im Kkeok-jeong

Outlaw leader of butcher (baekjeong) origin from Yangju who raided government offices from Mt. Guwol in Hwanghae under Myeongjong

When royal in-laws seized power after the Eulsa Purge and magistrates' extortion grew, he gathered a band that raided government offices and granaries across Hwanghae and Gyeonggi, sometimes handing the grain to the people. He was captured by the bandit-suppression commander Nam Chi-geun in the first month of 1562 and executed. Yi Ik's Seongho saseol counts him with Hong Gil-dong and Jang Gil-san as the three great outlaws of Joseon.

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    1559 – 1562Im Kkeok-jeong’s Rebellionleader

    Under King Myeongjong, Im Kkeok-jeong, a butcher’s son from Yangju, raided government offices and granaries from Mount Guwol in Hwanghae for over three years before his capture.

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  • Myeongjong1534 – 1567

    Thirteenth king of Joseon, enthroned at twelve under the regency of his mother Queen Munjeong, while her brother Yun Won-hyeong held power