초록 열기/닫기 버튼
Kim Kyu-sic(1881-1950) was a leader in the Korean independence movement and the early history of South Korea. This paper aims to research his perceptions of the international situation in his the Far Eastern Situation, and to revaluate his status and role in Korean independence movement in the early 1930s. Kim Kyu-sic carefully grasped the changing international situation and political dynamics in the early 1930s. In accordance with his perceptions of international situation, he stepped up efforts to build up the united front and, to lead with-directing American and China propaganda activities for Korean independence at the same time. Therefore, he led to set up the Alliance of United Front toward Japan(對日戰線統一同盟) and the Sino-Korea People's League(中韓民衆大同盟, SKPL) nearly at the same time. First, if we look at his activities of setting up the united front, he efforted to strengthen the support base and the money security of the Alliance of United Front toward Japan in the Americas. Accordingly he developed the Alliance of United Front toward Japan into 'the advanced body of the united front'. Particularly, the fund for the independence movement that he collected was a great help not only to the Alliance of United Front toward Japan, but also to the Koran Provisional Government. It was also used to support the Chosun Revolutionary Army and the Korean Independence Army. Kim Kyu-sic' efforts to establish the foundation of the united front in the early 1930s established a foothold to the united front of the Kim Ku's nationalist faction and the Kim Won-bong national faction after the Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War. Next, Kim Kyu-sic organized the Sino-Korea People's League in order to strengthen the ties between the Koreans and Chinese people and, formed the New York branch of the Sino-Korea People's League in the Americas in order to collect the fund for independence movement. His activities helped to establish the full scale mutual assistance of Korea and China after the Sino-Japanese War. He also was an executive director in China-Korea Cultural Association in 1942 and took the head for Korea-China ties. Kim Kyu-sic also developed the various toward-America propaganda activities for the independence movement. By his doing so, he informed the Americas of the actual circumstances in the Far Eastern and age- appropriately tried to arouse public opinion against Japanese colonial rule in the Americas. In conclusion, I think that Kim Kyu-sic's perceptions of the international situation and his intenal and extenal responses in the early 1930s sufficiently showed the possibilities of establishing the united front and building up a mutual assistance of Korea and China.
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•Kim, Kyu-sik •Alliance of United Front toward Japan •Sino-Korea People's League •People's Revolutionary Party •The far eastern situation
