Heroic Corps

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Heroic Corps
Leader	Kim Won-bong
Dates of operation	9 November 1919 (1919-11-09)–1928 (1928)
Country	Korea, Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Korean independence movement
Headquarters	Shanghai
Ideology	Anarchism
Korean name
Hangul	의열단
Hanja	義烈團
Revised Romanization	Uiyeoldan
McCune–Reischauer	Ŭiyŏltan

The Heroic Corps was a Korean independence organization during the Japanese colonial period. Founded in 1919, its activists believed in revolutionary uprising and egalitarianism.

After the March 1st Movement was crushed in 1919, many independence activists moved their bases to foreign countries. Members of the Heroic Corps thought that those organizations were too moderate and would not contribute to independence in Korea. They took a more radical approach by opposing compromises such as culturalism. The Heroic Corps wished for a violent revolution, reflected the Manifesto of the Korean Revolution (조선혁명선언) by independence activist Shin Chae-ho.^[1] The Corps struggled for independence by assassinating high-ranking Japanese officials and committing acts of terrorism against government offices. The Heroic Corps moved their base to Beijing, China, and brought members to Shanghai, totaling about 70 members in 1924. Kim Gu, Kim Kyu-sik, Kim Chang-suk, and Shin Chae-ho were engaged as advisers. President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek supported the Heroic Corps.^[2]