Kim Gyu-sik (English spelling)

Japanese: 金奎植 - きんけいしょく（英語表記）Kim Gyu-sik

[Born] King Gojong 18 (1881), Hanseong
[Died] 1950. Manpo-jin?
Korean independence activist and politician. His pen name was Yusa. As an orphan, he received a Western-style education under the missionary H. Underwood. He went to the United States in 1897 and graduated from Princeton University's graduate school in 1898. After returning to Korea, he became a professor at Yeonhui College. He defected to China in 1913 and was dispatched to the Paris Peace Conference as the Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in 1919, where he served as chairman of the European and American Committee (Diplomatic Representation). He participated in the Far Eastern National Congress held in Moscow as a representative of Korea in 1922, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ronald Reagan University in the United States in 1923. He lectured at universities in Beijing, Nanjing, Sichuan, and other places. In 1935, he organized the National Revolutionary Party in Nanjing and became its leader. In 1944, he became vice chairman of the Provisional Government in Chongqing, and returned to Korea when Korea was liberated in 1945. In 1946, he became the Vice Speaker of the Democratic Assembly and the Speaker of the Transitional Legislative Assembly. As a moderate leader, he worked hard for cooperation between the left and right. In 1948, he opposed separate elections in South Korea and went to Pyongyang with Kim Gu to negotiate with the North, but was unsuccessful. He retired after the government was established. In 1950, he was abducted by retreating North Korean troops during the Korean War and is said to have died in Manpojin.

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Japanese:

[生]高宗18(1881).漢城
[没]1950. 満浦鎮?
韓国の独立運動家，政治家。号は尤史。孤児として宣教師 H.アンダーウッドのもとで西洋式教育を受け，光武1 (1897) 年渡米，同8年プリンストン大学大学院卒業。帰国後延禧専門学校教授。 1913年中国に亡命し，19年には大韓民国臨時政府の外務総長としてパリ講和会議に派遣され，欧米委員部 (外交代表部) 委員長として活躍。 22年モスクワで開かれた極東民族大会に朝鮮代表として参加，23年アメリカのローノク大学で名誉博士となり，北京，南京，四川などの各大学で講義を行なった。 35年南京で民族革命党を組織し，党首。 44年重慶で臨時政府の副主席となり，45年解放とともに帰国。 46年民主議院副議長，過渡立法議院議長となり，中間派のリーダーとして左右合作に尽力し，48年南朝鮮での単独選挙に反対して金九とともに南北協商のため平壌に行ったが成果はなく，政府樹立後引退。 50年朝鮮戦争の際に後退する北朝鮮軍に拉致され，満浦鎮で死んだと伝えられる。

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