June Tenth Movement
1926 Korean protest against Japanese occupation
The June Tenth Movement (Korean: 6·10만세운동; Hanja: 六十萬歲運動) was a 1926 student protest primarily held in Keijō (Seoul), Korea against Japanese colonial rule.
Background
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was a colony of the Empire of Japan. In 1919, the March First Movement peaceful protests caused a spike in the Korean independence movement, particularly amongst the Korean diaspora. However, by 1926, the independence movement had encountered a lull. Japan quelled international pressure to reform (in part via its cultural rule policies), the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai was encountering difficulties, and Korean militant resistance in Manchuria had peaked in 1921. Furthermore, the divisions between the political left and right in Korea intensified.
On April 26, 1926, the former Emperor of Korea Sunjong died. As the March First Movement had occurred in the wake of the death of Sunjong's father Gojong, the Japanese military braced for a similar wave of protests. It gathered 7,000 soldiers in Keijō (Seoul), and anchored its fleet in Busan and Incheon.
Regardless of the circumstances, Korean students planned protests for the beginning of Sunjong's public funeral: June 10.
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