Independence Club

Independence Club
LeaderSeo Jae-pil
FoundedJuly 2, 1896
DissolvedDecember 25, 1898
Succeeded byChinilpa (factions)[a]
Tongnip Undongga (factions)[b]
HeadquartersSeoul (People's joint association)
NewspaperTongnip Sinmun
IdeologyLiberalism
Radicalism
Korean nationalism
Constitutional monarchy
Anti-Qing dynasty[1]
Anti-Russian sentiment[2]
Factions:
Republicanism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Jungchuwon[c]
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Independence Club
Hangul
독립협회
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongnip hyeophoe
McCune–ReischauerTongnip hyŏphoe

The Independence Association (Korean독립협회; Hanja獨立協會) was an organization that advocated for Korean independence. It operated between July 2, 1896 and December 25, 1898, and was founded and led by the prominent Korean independence activist Soh Jaipil.

The group advocated for numerous reforms for both government and society, including democracy, public education, journalism, and language reform. The group also published a newspaper:Tongnip Sinmun ("The Independent").

Its advocacy for reforming the government into a constitutional monarchy brought it into conflict with the Korean monarch Gojong as well as conservatives in the court. The club was eventually ordered to disband in December 1898.


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  1. ^ 구로역사연구소, ed. (1990). 바로 보는 우리 역사. 거름. p. 54. ISBN 9788934000761. 이같이 독립협회는 반외세 보다는 반청 이라는 제한된 입장에서 출발하였다.
  2. ^ "독립협회(獨立協會)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved April 23, 2023. 이에 독립협회는 본격적으로 반러 운동을 전개하였다.

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