Hong Jong-u

Korean politician (1850–1913)

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Hong Jong-u
Hong Tjyong-ou in Paris
Born	(1851-11-17)November 17, 1851 Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, Joseon
Died	(1913-01-02)January 2, 1913 Incheon or Mokpo, Korea, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Korean
Relatives	See Namyang Hong clan

Hong Jong-u
Hangul	홍종우
Hanja	洪鍾宇
Revised Romanization	Hong Jong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Hong Chong-u

Hong Jong-u (Korean: 홍종우; Hanja: 洪鍾宇, 1850–1913) was a Korean assassin, reformer, activist and statesman during the Korean Empire. He assassinated Kim Ok-gyun in Shanghai in 1894.

Biography

Hong Jong-u was born in Ansan circa 1850. His father died in 1886. Afterwards Hong decided to study in France as the first Korean exchange student in France. He arrived in Paris in December 1890.^[1] In Paris the 40-year-old student worked at the Guimet Museum, where he translated the Chunhyangjeon, The Tale of Sim Chong, and the Jikseong haengnyeong pyeonram (직성행녕편람; a Korean fortune-telling book) into French.

In 1893, Hong traveled to Japan where he decided to assassinate Kim Okgyun and Pak Yeong-hyo, two reform-minded Koreans. In 1894, he shot and killed Kim Ok-gyun aboard ship en route to Shanghai.^[2] He later returned to Korea where he was appointed to high office. With the growing influence of Japan over Korean affairs, the anti-Japan Hong Jong-u resigned his official position. He died in 1913.

References

^ Korea), Korean Culture and Information Service (South; Yeo-ul, Jung (2013-04-12). K-Literature: The Writing World's New Voice. 길잡이미디어. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-89-7375-567-7.
^ Korea Journal. Korean National Commission for UNESCO. 2011. p. 103.