105-Man Incident

1911 arrest of over 700 Koreans July 2012 105 persons Incidents.jpg Photo taken during the incident 105인 사@건 百五人事件 ^선천 사@건 宣川事件 The 105-Man Incident (105인 사건 百五人事件) or Sŏnch'ŏn Incident (선천 사건 宣川事件 nohttps://archive.today/20121209000625/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=72786 105인 사건 ko) was a 1911 incident in which 105 Koreans were sentenced to hard labor during the Japanese colonial period in Korea. In 1911, after several alleged Korean attempts in 1910 to assassinate the Governor-General of Chōsen Terauchi Masatake, over 700 Koreans were arrested, many of whom were Christian May 2026. In 1912, the Governor-General sent 122 of those arrested to the Court of Justice, and 105 of them were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor. In the end, only six Koreans had their sentences imposed, and even they were released in 1915 after being granted amnesty.https://www.jaas.gr.jp/jjas/pdf/2005/No.16-159.pdf Akifumi Nagata American Missionaries in Korea and U.S.-Japan Relations 1910–1920 The Japanese Journal of American Studies 16 2005 2012-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527204546/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jaas/periodicals/JJAS/PDF/2005/No.16-159.pdf 2012-05-27 live Details The incident began in Sonchon (Japanese reading "Sensen"), a coastal town in Heianhoku Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. On December 28, 1910, the American missionary George McCune met with Governor-General of Chōsen Terauchi. The Japanese claimed it was an assassination attempt and arrested over 700 Koreans starting in October 1911. Lead Christian members of Sinminhoe (a Korean independence movement) were specifically targeted in the arrests, and as a result, the organization was dissolved. In particular, notable activists Kim Ku, Cha Yi-seok, and Yang Jeon-baek were imprisoned. A trial of 123 defendants held on June 28, 1912, took place without evidence and confessions were extracted under torture. 105 were found to be guilty of treason and sentenced to forced labor.August 2023 Western View Initially, westerners were accepting of the incident as they had a favorable view of the Japanese and thought it might be necessary in the time of change. However, when the missionaries began feeling victimized, they distanced themselves from the Japanese government and outside pressure finally forced them to grant amnesty to the prisoners in 1915. Missionaries in Korea and mission boards in New York believed the defendants innocent and lobbied diplomatically for a fair trial.Nagata Akifumi 2005 American Missionaries in Korea and U.S.-Japan Relations 1910–1920 The Japanese Journal of American Studies 16 https://www.jaas.gr.jp/jjas/pdf/2005/No.16-159.pdf See also An Chang-ho Yang Gi-tak Yun Chi-ho Lim Chi Jung Kim Ku Syngman Rhee Lee Donghui Masatake Terauchi References External links https://archive.today/20121209000625/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=72786 105인 사건 el ko https://archive.today/20130102095148/http://news.donga.com/Culture/Acad/3/0720/20111102/41577543/1 '105인 사건'을 재조명한다 el The DongahIlbo 2011.11.02 ko [Editorial] Independence movement scholars should be reinstated Hangyorye Feb.13,2012 '105인 사건'은 한국교회 향한 대박해 사건 아이굿뉴스 Category:1911 in Korea Category:Korean independence movement Category:Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea Category:Yun Ch'iho Category:Korea under Japanese rule Category:History of North Pyongan Province Category:Kim Ku