Chang Chun-ha

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Chang Chun-ha
Korean spelling
Hangeul 장준하
Hanja 張俊 河
Revised
Romanization 		Jang Jun-ha
McCune-
Reischauer 		Chang Chunha

Chang Chun-ha (born August 27, 1918 in Ŭiju , formerly Chosen , today's North Korea , † August 17, 1975 in Uijeongbu , South Korea ) was a South Korean politician , journalist and independence activist against Japanese rule .

Life

Chang fought in the Korean Liberation Army founded by Kim Gu against Japanese rule over Korea. He then became a journalist and political activist. He became a respected politician in South Korea. He spoke out against the Yushin Constitution of 1972 and the resulting Yushin government of the military dictator Park Chung-hee . Chang was under close surveillance by the police and the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA). The circumstances of death in 1975 are controversial. Officially, he died in a climbing accident. The Truth Commission for Suspicious Deaths set up by Kim Dae-jung in 2000 began an investigation. The KCIA has been linked to this death, but the actual circumstances have not been fully clarified. An exhumation took place in 2012 , the result of which suggests that he may have been murdered.

Awards

In 1962 he received the Ramon Magsaysay Prize .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chang Chun-ha  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at koreandb.nate.com (Korean).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / koreandb.nate.com  
  2. ↑ Hong Seong-tae (2006): Oppressive Modernization and the Risk Society, p . 290 . In: Yi Pyŏng-chʻŏn (Ed.): Developmental Dictatorship and the Park Chung Hee Era: The Shaping of Modernity in the Republic of Korea. ISBN 978-1931907354
  3. ↑ a b Autopsy suggests Chang may have been murdered Korea JoongAng Daily from August 18, 2012 (English).
  4. ↑ a b KCIA apparently was behind Chang Chun-ha's shady death Hankyoreh from August 17, 2012 (English).
  5. ↑ Son of activist killed under questionable circumstances speaks to the Hankyoreh on Independence Day Hankyoreh of August 16, 2012 (English).
  6. ↑ Awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Prize (English).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Chang is the family name here, Chun-ha is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Chang, Chun-ha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 장준하 (Korean, Hangeul); 張俊 河 (Korean, Hanja); Jang, Jun-ha (Revised Romanization); Chang, Chunha (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean politician and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Ŭiju , today's North Korea
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1975
Place of death Uijeongbu , South Korea