British journalist, known by the Korean name Bae Seol (배설, 裵說).
Came to Korea in 1904 as a correspondent to cover the Russo-Japanese War. When he was laid-off at the end of the war, he stayed and started his own papers: The Haehan Maeil Shinbo and the Korean Daily News. As editor, he conveyed his sharp distain for the Japanese occupation of Korea. Pressured by the Japanese government, the British consular court tried him twice and imprisoned him for three weeks in the British jail at Shanghai. After his return, he continued to declare his fight. He died shortly after; some say of alcoholism, others say as a result of having been tortured in jail.
Came to Korea in 1904 as a correspondent to cover the Russo-Japanese War. When he was laid-off at the end of the war, he stayed and started his own papers: The Haehan Maeil Shinbo and the Korean Daily News. As editor, he conveyed his sharp distain for the Japanese occupation of Korea. Pressured by the Japanese government, the British consular court tried him twice and imprisoned him for three weeks in the British jail at Shanghai. After his return, he continued to declare his fight. He died shortly after; some say of alcoholism, others say as a result of having been tortured in jail.
British journalist, known by the Korean name Bae Seol (배설, 裵說).
Came to Korea in 1904 as a correspondent to cover the Russo-Japanese War. When he was laid-off at the end of the war, he stayed and started his own papers: The Haehan Maeil Shinbo and the Korean Daily News. As editor, he conveyed his sharp distain for the Japanese occupation of Korea. Pressured by the Japanese government, the British consular court tried him twice and imprisoned him for three weeks in the British jail at Shanghai. After his return, he continued to declare his fight. He died shortly after; some say of alcoholism, others say as a result of having been tortured in jail.
Came to Korea in 1904 as a correspondent to cover the Russo-Japanese War. When he was laid-off at the end of the war, he stayed and started his own papers: The Haehan Maeil Shinbo and the Korean Daily News. As editor, he conveyed his sharp distain for the Japanese occupation of Korea. Pressured by the Japanese government, the British consular court tried him twice and imprisoned him for three weeks in the British jail at Shanghai. After his return, he continued to declare his fight. He died shortly after; some say of alcoholism, others say as a result of having been tortured in jail.
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"In his memory a monument was erected at his tomb in 1910 but its 'anti-Japanese' epitaph was later erased by the Japanese. The Journalists of Korea have erected this monument with the original epitaph in April, 1964."
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