The Korean Patriotic Organization (Korean: 한인애국단) was a militant organization under the Korean Provisional Government (KPG) and founded in Shanghai, China in 1931. It aimed to assassinate military and government leaders of the Empire of Japan. The group also went by the name Ŭisaenggun.
State Council Commemorative of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, 1919
Lee Bong-chang under arrest (1932)
Kim and Yun, in front of the flag of the KPG (April 27, 1932)
Lee Bong-chang
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Lee Bong-chang was a Korean independence activist. In Korea, he is remembered as a martyr due to his participation in the 1932 Sakuradamon incident, in which he attempted to assassinate the Japanese Emperor Hirohito with a grenade.
Lee on December 13, 1931
Photo of the original oath that Lee wrote
Statue of Lee in Hyochang Park (2016)