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Wanju area that received irrigation’s benefit and improved agriculture, experienced several changes after the opening of a port, Gunsan. After the opening, Japanese plantations were established, and their lands went on increasing. The irrigation association whose fountainhead was Mankyung-river was established in region around Wanju, so farmers in Wanju were subject to restriction of agricultural water and often suffered from a flood had never been before. Besides, after Daea Reservoir and Gyeongcheon Reservoir were built, the area suffered from serious flood damage, so some of them leaved the village. As living far away from their rice fields, they could not cultivate theirs, so the crops failed more and more. Meanwhile, they lost their lands and became tenant farmers with Japanese increasing their land. They could not live a stable life because of higher farm rent of Japanese landowners and movement of tenant land. Therefore, they were to perform collective action against landowners in order to survive.