This is the Mokpo Modern History Museum in Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
This is the Mokpo Modern History Museum in Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
The Mokpo Modern History Museum is a building that began construction in January 1900 and was completed in December for the Japanese consular business after the opening of Mokpo. It was used as a consulate, Mokpo office, and Mokpo branch office, and after liberation, it was used as Mokpo City Hall, Mokpo City Library, and Mokpo Cultural Center, and is currently open as the Mokpo Modern History Museum.
Mokpojin is a naval base during the Joseon Dynasty, and it is called Manhojin because the leader, Manho, was stationed there. It is said that it was rebuilt in 1439 and the castle took shape in 1502, and it played a role as a maritime defense base in the southwestern sea of the Korean Peninsula.
In 1897, Mokpo, unlike Busan, Gunsan, and Incheon, opened its ports independently by order of King Gojong. Since then, Mokpo has grown into the sixth largest city in Korea and has become famous as the home of the Three Hundred (rice, cotton, and salt).
Mokpo was oppressed during the Japanese colonial period by the establishment of the Japanese Consulate, Oriental Development Company, Mokpo Prison, and Mokpo Police Station, but it is a historical place where resistance was made through the March 1st Independence Movement, April 8th Independence Movement, youth movement, dock workers movement, and Shinganhoe movement.
Shinganhoe Mokpo Branch In February 1927, Shinganhoe was founded as part of the national cooperation front movement of the nationalist and socialist movements, and the Shinganhoe Mokpo Branch was formed in Mokpo in June 1927 (Chairman Kim Myeon-su, Vice-Chairman Choi Gyeong-ha). The Shinganhoe Mokpo Branch was unable to carry out any significant activities due to internal conflicts among members and strong police control. The Mokpo branch was reorganized into an executive committee system in 1929, electing Kim Myeon-su as the chairperson and 15 members including Bae Chi-moon, Oh Do-geun, and Kim Sang-gyu.
The women's movement in Mokpo began with the Mokpo Women's Retreat, which was formed by female believers of Yangdong Church in July 1920. They held lectures and night clubs for women. In 1926, the Mokpo Women's Youth Association was founded with the help of young Mokpo youth. In December 1927, the Mokpo branch of Geunwoohoe, a sister organization of the Singanhoe, was founded, but it was also caught up in internal strife and could not carry out much activity. In 1930, the Mokpo branch of Geunwoohoe was also reorganized into an executive committee system, electing Bang Chun-hwa as the chairperson and Kim Yeong-ae as the members, as well as 10 members.
Mokpo's Labor Movement In 1925, the ideological group 'Vanguard Alliance' led the formation of trade unions, such as the Free Trade Union, the Oil Refinery Union, the Disembarkation Union, the Textile Union, the Rice Mill Union, and the Cotton Workers' Union. These trade unions founded the Mokpo Labor General Alliance in October 1925 with approximately 1,700 members.
After that, each union went on strike one after another. In 1924, there was a Mokpo Printing Company strike, a Joseon Cotton Company strike, in 1925, there was a Free Trade Union, Ship Loading Workers' Strike, and Disembarkation Workers' Strike, and in 1926, there was a strike by the Oil Refinery Union, Daejung Printing, and Textile Factory.
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