Lee Hoe-yeong

Who was Lee Hoe-yeong?

Lee Hoe-yeong, or Lee Hoe-Young, also known by Pen name as Woodang, was a Korean Independence Activist, and also one of the founders of Shinheung Military Academy in Manchuria. He is the elder brother of Yi Si-yeong, future Vice President of the Republic of Korea.

Born in a renowned Nobility family, where his ancestors used to be appointed as senior Government Officials during the Joseon Dynasty, he and his brothers have decided to flee Korea, rather than becoming the oppressed. His siblings are:

⁕Lee Gun-yeong-Eldest brother

⁕Lee Seok-yeong-2nd brother, deceased by starvation in Shanghai,China

⁕Lee Cheol-yeong-3rd brother

⁕Lee Si-yeong-5th brother

⁕Lee Ho-yeong-6th and youngest brother.He and his entire family went missing in 1933, and never to be heard again.

When he arrived in China,he stayed at Manchuria, before moving to Beijing and later Shanghai.

He was arrested upon arrival from Shanghai at Dalian,and later imprisoned in the infamous Lushun Prison,and later died on November 11, 1932. However,his cause of death was a mystery, and the Japanese authority claims that he had hanged himself on the window bars of a Police Station, using a hemp cloth. However, the claim was refuted by the Koreans,as they claimed that he was killed by the Japanese. Upon his death,his remains was quickly cremated at the same day and his ashes was later brought back to Japan-ruled Korea,and later re-interred at Seoul National Cemetery, years after the Korean independence.