Min Yeong-han dies
Jan. 5, 1945
WCH: On 5 January 1945, Korean anti-colonial fighter, Min Yeong-hak, died by suicide after being wounded by Japanese soldiers in Indonesia.
Min was serving in the Japanese army during World War II, guarding Allied prisoners of war in Indonesia, and was recruited to the anti-Japanese Goryeo Independent Youth Party.
On January 4, he managed to escape from the army alongside Son Yang-seop and Noh Byeong-han, and began a guerrilla struggle against Japanese forces. He shot a Japanese prison boss and another military official, then was wounded by Japanese gunfire. He then took his own life in a sorghum field.
In 2008, Min was posthumously awarded the Patriotic Medal of the Order of National Merit.
Min was serving in the Japanese army during World War II, guarding Allied prisoners of war in Indonesia, and was recruited to the anti-Japanese Goryeo Independent Youth Party.
On January 4, he managed to escape from the army alongside Son Yang-seop and Noh Byeong-han, and began a guerrilla struggle against Japanese forces. He shot a Japanese prison boss and another military official, then was wounded by Japanese gunfire. He then took his own life in a sorghum field.
In 2008, Min was posthumously awarded the Patriotic Medal of the Order of National Merit.