The March 1st, 1919 Korean Movement: The First Steps of the Korean Independence Struggle

Abstract

This article describes one of the first steps in the struggle for Korean independence, the March 1, 1919 Korean Movement. The March 1st Movement or so-called Samil Movement or Man-se Demonstration arose as a result of the repressive nature of colonial occupation under Imperial Japanese military rule after 1905. This movement took place at home and abroad, Son Byong-hui led the movement in Korea and Syngman Rhee carried out the struggle abroad. The National Uprising on March 1, 1919 in Korea was a protest movement to confront military aggression, repression, and looting carried out by the Japanese. The research method used in this article is, the historical method. The historical method is the process of testing and analyzing historical testimony to find authentic and reliable data, and the attempt to synthesize such data into a reliable historical story. The stages of research of the historical method are as follows: heuristis, criticism (historical), interpretation, presentation. This research has a research question, namely analyzing how the background of the events of the March 1, 1919 Korean movement, analyzing the course of events of the March 1, 1919 Korean movement and the impact that occurred after the March 1, 1919 Korean movement.