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Shin Seok-rin

Shin Seok-rin (申錫麟, Japanese name: 平林麟四朗 Hirabayashi Rinshirō, 9 January 1865 – 14 February 1948) was an official of the Korean Empire and the Japanese colonial period, and also served as a councillor of the Chungchuwon of the Government-General of Chosen. During the March 1st Movement of 1919, he p

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Born ~ Died: Jan 9, 1865 ~ Feb 14, 1948
Full name: 신석린
Romanization: Shin Seok-rin
Birth: 9 January 1865
Death: 14 February 1948
Gender: Male
Nationality: Korean Empire, Japanese colonial period
Career: Magistrate of Ungcheon County, Buyun of Changwon Prefecture, councillor of South Gyeongsang Province, councillor of North Gyeongsang Province, governor of Gangwon Province, councillor of the Chungchuwon, governor of South Chungcheong Province
Occupation: Bureaucrat
Affiliation: Chungchuwon of the Government-General of Chosen

Contents

1.Life
1.1.Early activities
1.2.Activities during the Japanese colonial period
1.3.Later years
2.Posthumous evaluation
3.References
4.Footnotes

Shin Seok-rin (申錫麟, Japanese name: 平林麟四朗 Hirabayashi Rinshirō, 9 January 1865 – 14 February 1948) was a bureaucrat of the Korean Empire and the Japanese colonial period of Korea, and also served as a councillor of the Chungchuwon of the Government-General of Chosen. During the March 1st Movement of 1919, he participated in the founding of the Daegu branch of the Jajedan, an organization that suppressed the movement and urged the dispersal of demonstrators.

In the late Joseon period, he worked as a politician of the Enlightenment Party, and after the Eulsa Treaty he served as magistrate of Ungcheon County in 1906 and as Buyun of Changwon Prefecture in 1908. After the annexation, he served as councillor of South Gyeongsang Province, councillor of North Gyeongsang Province, governor of Gangwon Province in 1921, councillor of the Chungchuwon in 1923, and governor of South Chungcheong Province in 1929, among other posts. His pen name was Aesa (藹史), and his registered domicile was Wonseo-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. His family seat was Pyeongsan.

Life

Early activities

He was a native of Hanseong-bu and studied Classical Chinese in his youth. In 1896 he taught the Korean language in Osaka, and from an early age he traveled back and forth to Japan as a member of the Enlightenment Party. He was on close terms with the Japanese politician Hayashi Gonsuke. Afterward, in 1897, he participated together with Seo Jae-pil, Yang Ki-tak, Yun Chi-ho, Ahn Chang-ho and others in the Independence Club and the Mass Assembly Movement.

His close relationship with the Japanese politician Hayashi Gonsuke became a problem and brought him hardship. For this reason, when Hayashi was dispatched to the Korean Empire as minister, he served in the Sijong-won on the recommendation of Min Yeong-gi, moving between the Japanese legation and Emperor Gojong of Korea, and enjoyed the emperor's favor.¹ He was caught up in a political fabrication incident and was even exiled, but when Japanese influence grew stronger, in 1906 he served as magistrate of Ungcheon County and in 1908 as Buyun of Changwon Prefecture, holding local government posts.

Activities during the Japanese colonial period

In October 1910 (Yunghui 4), when the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was concluded and the administrative system was reorganized under the Government-General of Chosen, he was immediately appointed councillor of South Gyeongsang Province, and the following year he moved to the post of councillor of North Gyeongsang Province. While serving as councillor of North Gyeongsang in 1919, the March 1st Movement broke out. At that time, together with Park Jung-yang, he launched the Daegu Jajedan and carried out activities to obstruct the March 1st Movement.²

In recognition of his achievements as councillor, he was promoted to governor of Gangwon Province in 1921, and in 1923 he retired from office and became a councillor of the Chungchuwon. Afterward, in 1929, he briefly returned to official service as governor of South Chungcheong Province. As of 1933 he held the rank of Junior Third Rank with the Order of Merit, Third Class. He was also included in the list of persons commended by the Government-General in 1935 to mark the 25th anniversary of its administration.

In 1924 he founded the Dongmin-hoe, which gathered high-ranking figures, and served as its president; he also served as a member of the council of the Sijung-hoe organized by the New Faction of the Cheondogyo. He thus engaged in organizations with strong pro-Japanese character. From the 1920s organizations of the Gukmin Hyeophoe line, which began in opposition to the March 1st Movement, to the war support organizations during the Pacific War such as the Gukmin Chongnyeok Joseon Yeonmaeng, he engaged in steady long-term activity.

Later years

When the Pacific War ended in 1945 and the Chungchuwon was dissolved by the US Army Military Government, he was still serving as a councillor of the Chungchuwon, and he survived into his eighties.

Posthumous evaluation

He was included in the Chungchuwon, governor, provincial councillor, and pro-Japanese organization categories of the List of 708 pro-Japanese collaborators published in 2002, and in the Chungchuwon, bureaucrat, and pro-Japanese organization categories of the list of persons scheduled for inclusion in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators compiled by the Minjok Munje Yeon'guso in 2008. He was also included in the List of 705 Pro-Japanese Collaborators published in 2009 by the Committee for the Investigation of Pro-Japanese Collaboration Acts.

References

Shin Seok-rin (申錫麟) - National Institute of Korean History

Footnotes

정교 (Jeong Gyo); 변주승 (translator) (30 June 2004). 〈광무 3년(1899) - 1899년 11월〉. 《대한계년사 5》. Seoul: Somyong Publishing. ISBN 8956260907. ↩
반민족문제연구소 (1 February 1993). 〈박중양 : 3.1운동 진압 직접 지휘한 대표적 친일파 (김도형)〉. 《친일파 99인 1》. Seoul: Dolbegae. ISBN 9788971990117. ↩

Life

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정교 (Jeong Gyo); 변주승 (translator) (30 June 2004). 〈광무 3년(1899) - 1899년 11월〉. 《대한계년사 5》. Seoul: Somyong Publishing. ISBN 8956260907. ↩
반민족문제연구소 (1 February 1993). 〈박중양 : 3.1운동 진압 직접 지휘한 대표적 친일파 (김도형)〉. 《친일파 99인 1》. Seoul: Dolbegae. ISBN 9788971990117. ↩

정교 (Jeong Gyo); 변주승 (translator) (30 June 2004). 〈광무 3년(1899) - 1899년 11월〉. 《대한계년사 5》. Seoul: Somyong Publishing. ISBN 8956260907. ↩
반민족문제연구소 (1 February 1993). 〈박중양 : 3.1운동 진압 직접 지휘한 대표적 친일파 (김도형)〉. 《친일파 99인 1》. Seoul: Dolbegae. ISBN 9788971990117. ↩

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Later years

Posthumous evaluation

References

Footnotes

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Early activities

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Activities during the Japanese colonial period

Later years

Posthumous evaluation

References

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Early activities

Activities during the Japanese colonial period

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Posthumous evaluation

References

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