Park Jung-yang

Who is Park Jung-yang?

Park Jung-yang was a Korean Joseon and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberal and social activist. He was deactivate of castle of Daegueup and Old Gyungsangdo Provincial Office, and contributed to city planning and road maintenance in Daegu. He was assert to peoples rights not guarantee Government, peoples do not have to patriotism.

Park went abroad to Japan to study, and later returned to his country to become a bureaucrat. He was appointed Mayor of Daegu and Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do from 1906 to 1907. Later he was successive to Governor of Phyeongannamto and Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Phyeonganpukto, Chungcheongnam-do. Park was involved in the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 and desperately opposed the March 1st Movement. He also founded the Refrain club.

Park was Governor of Hwanghae-do from 1921 to 1923 and Chungcheongbuk-do province from 1923 to 1925. Then in 1928 he was reappointed Governor of Hwanghae-do province.

He was a conscientious pro-Japanese ideologist and politician. He was nicknamed Haeahk, Ilso, and Wongeun. His Japanese name was Hochu Segeyo, Yamamoto Shin. Park's famous pet-name was Stick Mr. Park.