Singanhoe

Singanhoe
Hangul
신간회
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSinganhoe
McCune–ReischauerSinganhoe

Singanhoe (Korean신간회) or the New Trunk Association was a Korean independence activist group founded on February 15, 1927 during the Japanese colonial period. It unified Korean socialist and nationalist factions and maintained a unilateral independence movement until May 1931. Including both Korean and overseas branches, this organization was able to attract a total membership of between 30,000 and 40,000 people. While internal strife between leftist and rightist factions was a consistent obstacle, the Singanhoe actively pursued several goals:

  • the abolishment of racial, political, and economic oppression
  • the attainment of freedoms of speech, organization, association, and publishing
  • the support of youth and women's equality movements
  • the overturning of factionalism and clan nepotism
  • the opposition to the East Asia Colonial Development Company
  • the propagation of the economic frugality movement.