Hong Beom-do | |
|---|---|
 Hong in 1921 | |
| Born | August 27, 1868 |
| Died | October 25, 1943 (aged 75) |
| Buried | |
| Battles / wars | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 홍범도 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hong Beom-do |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Pŏmdo |
General Hong Beom-do (Korean: 홍범도; August 27, 1868 – October 25, 1943) was a Korean independence activist and national hero. Hong served as commander of a guerrilla unit of the Justice Army "Yibyon" within the Righteous armies and Korean Independence Army, which essentially gave rise to Korea's armed struggle against Japanese colonialists.
In 1962, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for the Construction of the State by the Government of the Republic of Korea.