Na Jung-so

Na Jung-so (羅仲昭, 1866 – 1928) was a Korean independence activist from Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. His courtesy name was Yeong-hun (泳薰), his art name was Po-seok (抛石), his childhood name was Na Bong-gil (羅奉吉), and his family seat was Naju. He was known by the nickname "General Butterfly."

Life

After Japan annexed Korea in 1910, he went into exile in Manchuria and devoted himself to the Korean independence movement.

Struggle with the Northern Route Military Government

On August 7, 1919, in Jilin Province, he joined Seo Il (徐一), Kim Jwa-jin (金佐鎭), Yi Jang-nyeong (李章寧), Kim Kyu-sik (金奎植), and others in reorganizing the Jeongui Corps (正義團) into the Korean Military Government (大韓軍政府), an armed anti-Japanese organization. In December of the same year, it was renamed the Northern Route Military Government (北路軍政署), and a military academy was established to train independence army personnel. The following year, as chief of staff, he fought with Kim Jwa-jin, the commander, and Yi Beom-seok, the training corps commander, and greatly defeated the Japanese Imperial Army at Chongsanri. They then withdrew to Heihe in the Soviet Union.

In May 1920, at a meeting to discuss the unification of the Bukgan Island region, in which the Sinmin Corps (新民團), the Dodokbu (都督府), the Gwangbokdan (光復團), the Gukminhoe (國民會), the Uigunbu (義軍府), the Gunjeongseo (軍政署), and others took part, he attended as a representative of the Military Government along with Kim Jwa-jin. In August, together with Chongjae Seo Il, Vice Chongjae Hyeon Cheon-muk (玄天默), commander Kim Jwa-jin, and chief of staff Yi Jang-nyeong, he played an active role as head of the staff department. On September 9 of the same year, when the Gyoseong Corps (敎成隊) was formed with 200 graduates of the military academy and more than 80 people assigned to other posts, he served as its commander. With deputy Choe Jun-hyeong (崔峻衡), company commander Yi Beom-seok (李範奭), platoon leaders (李敏華), (金勳), (李鐸), and Nam Ik (南益), he built up strength for armed anti-Japanese struggle.