Chang Deok-soo

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Chang Deok-soo
Joseon Dynasty
DiedDecember 2, 1947(1947-12-02) (aged 52)
Seoul, South Korea
NationalityKorean
Political partyKorea Democratic Party
Alma materWaseda University[1]
Korean name
Hangul
장덕수
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJang Deoksu
McCune–ReischauerChang Tŏksu
Art name
Hangul
설산
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeolsan
McCune–ReischauerSŏlsan

Chang Deok-soo (

Dong-A Ilbo. He was the founder and second head of the Korea Democratic Party
from 1945 to 1947.

He was assassinated by the right-wing terrorist group the White Shirts Society in 1947. The 10 suspects were charged with murder in a South Korean court, but the case was later transferred to an American military tribunal after right-wing Korean youths intimidated the courts. All of the defendants were found guilty, with 8 being sentenced to death by hanging and the other two to 10 years in prison each. After reviewing the case, U.S. Army General John R. Hodge confirmed two of the death sentences of Park Gwang-ok and Bae Hee-beom, who were viewed as the ringleaders, but reduced the other six death sentences to prison terms. Four of the death sentences were reduced to life in prison, and the other two to 10 years each. Hodge also reduced the 10-year sentences to five years each. Park Gwang-ok and Bae Hee-beom were both executed after the Korean War began. Another convict, Kim Seok-hwang, was later captured and executed by the North's Korean People's Army.[2]

See also

  • Kim Seong-su
  • Song Jin-Woo
  • Kim Ku
  • Yun Bo-seon
  • Shin Ik-hee

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