Korean Volunteer Corps

Korean Volunteer Corps
조선의용대
朝鮮義勇隊
FounderKim Won-bong, Choi Chang-ik
Dates of operation1938 to 1941
HeadquartersWuhan
Size7,000 (1939)
Part ofKorean National Revolutionary Party
Korean National Vanguard Alliance
Allies Republic of China (1912–1949)
Opponents Empire of Japan

The Korean Volunteer Corps (Korean조선의용대), alternatively the Korean Volunteers, Korean Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, or the International Brigade was a militant Korean independence activist army founded in Hankou, Hubei, Republic of China on October 10, 1938.

It operated under the leadership of General Kim Won-bong as the Korean National Revolutionary Party's military organization. It was classified as an organization under the Korean National Vanguard Alliance.[1][2]

  1. ^ Yaksan Kim Won-bong Pyeongjeon, Kim Sam-woong Jeo, January 2008, Window of the Times
  2. ^ History of the Korean Independence Movement 53 - Joseon Volunteer Corps/Joseon Volunteer Army, Yeom In-ho, Korean Independence Movement History Compilation Committee, Independence Hall, Korean Independence Movement History Research Institute, September 2009