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Anarchism in Korea: Independence, Transnationalism, and the Question of National Development, 1919–1984

Dongyoun Hwang · State University of New York Press · 2016

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Author
Dongyoun Hwang
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DOI 10.1515/9781438461694
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedIn 1929 Korean anarchists and the nationalist commander Kim Jwa-jin reorganised the Shinmin-bu in northern Manchuria into the Korean People's Association in Manchuria, committed to village self-government, cooperatives and free schooling.DisputedThe Korean People's Association in Manchuria governed an anarchist society of about two million people.EstablishedThe association was undermined by the assassination of Kim Jwa-jin in January 1930 and the arrest or killing of other leaders, and ended with the Japanese occupation of Manchuria from September 1931.