Yun Hae

Yun Hae (尹海, 1888 – ?) was a Korean independence activist. He was from Yeongheung, South Hamgyong Province.

Life

Yun Hae was a native of Yeongheung, South Hamgyong Province.

Activities in the Kanminhoe and the Korean National Council

Beginning in March 1915, he worked with Yi Bong-u (李鳳雨) to organize the Kanminhoe (墾民會) for the purpose of restoring national sovereignty. Based in Guozijie (局子街) in the Three Eastern Provinces of China (東三省), he devoted himself to self-governing activities of Korean emigrants and to laying the foundation for the independence movement. In December 1917, he joined Mun Chang-beom (文昌範), Kim Rip (金立), and others in Nikolsk in Russian territory (露領) to organize the All-Russian Korean Central Assembly (全露韓族會中央總會), where he took office as vice chairman and worked to gather the anti-Japanese strength of Korean emigrants in Russian territory. He also worked as chief editor of the Chŏngu Sinmun (靑邱新聞社). In February 1919, he was elected, together with Ko Chang-il (高昌一), as a representative to be sent to the Paris Peace Conference by the Korean National Council (大韓國民議會), the successor of the All-Russian Korean Central Assembly. They departed for Paris to demand recognition of Korea's independence and the establishment of a government. However, because of the Bolshevik Revolution that broke out in the Soviet Union at that time, they did not arrive in Paris until September 26, after the Paris Peace Conference had already ended, and all their plans came to nothing.

Activities as a member of the Changjo faction at the National Representative Conference

On December 20, 1922, he attended the preliminary meeting held in Shanghai, China, to convene the National Representative Conference (國民代表會). On January 23, 1923, the National Representative Conference opened in Shanghai with more than 140 representatives from various circles, including Shin Suk (申肅). When the Reformist faction (改造派), which argued that the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (大韓民國臨時政府) in Shanghai should be recognized as the legitimate government and that independence activists from the Three Eastern Provinces and Russian territory should be accepted, came into conflict with the Creationist faction (創造派), which denied the Shanghai Provisional Government, argued that it should be dissolved immediately, and insisted on forming a new government drawn from independence activists of the Three Eastern Provinces and Russian territory, relocating the government to the Three Eastern Provinces or Russian territory, he belonged to the Creationist faction and was elected and served as vice chairman. Furthermore, on June 4 of the same year, when the Reformist faction withdrew from the National Representative Conference, 39 members of the Creationist faction held a secret meeting on June 7 and organized the National Committee (國民委員會) and the State Council (國務委員會). He took office as chairman and played a leading role in establishing the new government, the (朝鮮共和國). In 1923, he organized the (創造俱樂部) in Shanghai, China, and served as its representative, promoting mutual friendship among the Creationist faction representatives of the National Representative Conference who opposed the Shanghai Provisional Government.