Song Jong-heon

Song Jong-heon (宋鍾憲, October 19, 1876 – May 21, 1949) was a Joseon noble and Count during Japanese rule of Korea. He inherited the count title after the death of Count Song Byeong-jun. After adopting a Japanese name, his name became Noda Sonori (Japanese: 野田鍾憲)¹, and his registered domicile was Naesa-myeon, Yongin County, Gyeonggi Province.

Life

In 1904 he served as a councillor of the Iljinhoe. In 1921 he participated as one of 20 promoters of the Joseon Sharecroppers' Mutual Association, which was established by Song Byeong-jun.² In 1925, after Song Byeong-jun died, he inherited his count title, and in March 1945 he was appointed a member of the Japanese House of Peers.³

Posthumous evaluation

• In 2008, he was included in the list of people scheduled for inclusion in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators, compiled by the Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities for publication in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators. He was also included in the List of 705 pro-Japanese collaborators announced in 2009 by the Truth Commission on Pro-Japanese Collaborationist Activities.
• Song Jong-heon's grandsons and other descendants filed several lawsuits concerning various parcels of land that Song Byeong-jun received from the Japanese government during the colonial period.⁴ In 2007, the decided to recover the property of Song Jong-heon and Song Byeong-jun for the state.