재미한인 卞俊鎬의 독립운동과 사회주의 (Korean American Byun Jun-ho’s Independence Movement and Socialism)

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초록

This study aims to understand the activities and significance of Byun Jun-howho launched the Korean independence movement, based on socialism, in America.
Born in Yangpyeong, Korea in 1895, Byun Jun-ho passed through Nanjing, Chinato study in America and began his independence movement with Korean NationalAssociation at Young Korean Academy. At the time, he focused primarily onraising funds and recruiting for Young Korean Academy. It was with this experienceat the time that he developed his extraordinary skills in fund-raising andnetwork-building required to maintain an organization.
After the Great Depression in 1929, socialism spread across the Koreancommunities in America. Byun embraced socialism through the Korean Academyof Social Science, based on which he developed his own strategies for independence.
He used socialism as a tool to promote armed resistance. Thanks to his experienceof working on the finance of Korean organizations and human network sincethe days of Young Korean Academy, the China Aid Society, comprised of progressiveKoreans, came into being. He represented the New York branch at Korean NationalAssociation and shared where the China Aid Society stood at the general meetingof the Association. Byun acted willingly as the go-between for the nationalistand socialist organizations.
After the Korean Volunteers Corps Aid Society was established in China in1940, Byun focused all his activities to promoting armed resistance. From 1943and onward, he was appointed the chair of the North America Branch of theKorean National Revolutionary Party. He continued to encourage armed resistanceat The United Korean Committee in America, the largest group of Koreans inAmerica. Highly valuing Byun’s activities, OSS had him participate in NAPKO PROJECT. NAPKO PROJECT was one proof of Byun’s determination and fervorfor armed resistance. When Korea was liberated, Byun was in charge of the financeof ‘Independence’ and took on anti-American ideas, criticizing the Americanmilitary government’s policies. Having devoted his whole life to achieveindependence, he could not tolerate the reality where the American governmentaccepted the pro-Japanese groups. Byundied in Los Angeles on February 20, 1966.
Byun Jun-ho was committed to gain independence and thus worked tirelesslyto bring nationalists and socialists together. While he was a chairperson of asub-group at the United Korean Committee in America, he dedicated himselfto armed resistance, proving that there were more than those in America whoargued for the diplomatic independence. He was actively involved with NAPKOeven when he knew it was for the American interest because he seemingly wantedto put his words ― his firm belief in armed resistance ― into action. Most ofhis life, Byun Jun-ho lived for the independence of Korea, to let the Koreansin America know more about armed resistance. He was one of the people whoplayed a crucial role in maintaining socialism among Koreans in America.

영어초록

This study aims to understand the activities and significance of Byun Jun-howho launched the Korean independence movement, based on socialism, in America.
Born in Yangpyeong, Korea in 1895, Byun Jun-ho passed through Nanjing, Chinato study in America and began his independence movement with Korean NationalAssociation at Young Korean Academy. At the time, he focused primarily onraising funds and recruiting for Young Korean Academy. It was with this experienceat the time that he developed his extraordinary skills in fund-raising andnetwork-building required to maintain an organization.
After the Great Depression in 1929, socialism spread across the Koreancommunities in America. Byun embraced socialism through the Korean Academyof Social Science, based on which he developed his own strategies for independence.
He used socialism as a tool to promote armed resistance. Thanks to his experienceof working on the finance of Korean organizations and human network sincethe days of Young Korean Academy, the China Aid Society, comprised of progressiveKoreans, came into being. He represented the New York branch at Korean NationalAssociation and shared where the China Aid Society stood at the general meetingof the Association. Byun acted willingly as the go-between for the nationalistand socialist organizations.
After the Korean Volunteers Corps Aid Society was established in China in1940, Byun focused all his activities to promoting armed resistance. From 1943and onward, he was appointed the chair of the North America Branch of theKorean National Revolutionary Party. He continued to encourage armed resistanceat The United Korean Committee in America, the largest group of Koreans inAmerica. Highly valuing Byun’s activities, OSS had him participate in NAPKO PROJECT. NAPKO PROJECT was one proof of Byun’s determination and fervorfor armed resistance. When Korea was liberated, Byun was in charge of the financeof ‘Independence’ and took on anti-American ideas, criticizing the Americanmilitary government’s policies. Having devoted his whole life to achieveindependence, he could not tolerate the reality where the American governmentaccepted the pro-Japanese groups. Byundied in Los Angeles on February 20, 1966.
Byun Jun-ho was committed to gain independence and thus worked tirelesslyto bring nationalists and socialists together. While he was a chairperson of asub-group at the United Korean Committee in America, he dedicated himselfto armed resistance, proving that there were more than those in America whoargued for the diplomatic independence. He was actively involved with NAPKOeven when he knew it was for the American interest because he seemingly wantedto put his words ― his firm belief in armed resistance ― into action. Most ofhis life, Byun Jun-ho lived for the independence of Korea, to let the Koreansin America know more about armed resistance. He was one of the people whoplayed a crucial role in maintaining socialism among Koreans in America.

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