Kim Hyong-gwon
1905–1936
- Nationality
- Korea under Japanese rule
- Occupation
- revolutionary
Kim HyÅnggwÅn (Korean: ê¹íê¶; 4 November 1905 â 12 January 1936) was a Korean revolutionary.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Seodaemun PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Kim HyÅnggwÅn (Korean: ê¹íê¶; 4 November 1905 â 12 January 1936) was a Korean revolutionary. He is known for attacking a Japanese police station in Japanese-occupied Korea and subsequently dying in Seoul's Seodaemun Prison where he was serving his sentence. Kim HyÅnggwÅn was an uncle of the founding North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung. As such, he is among the most celebrated of the Kim family members in North Korean propaganda. Kimhyonggwon County in North Korea is named after him.
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Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.
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