1920年代 在韓 中國人 無緣故死亡者의 處理와 中日交涉

Abstract

This essay is the analysis on the Chinese deceased without family in 1920s' Joseon and the study about the process of their treatment. The death of Chinese people without family in 1920s mostly occurred in the region that Chinese people liked to live. They used to reside mainly in the northern region or the central region of Korea like Gyeonggi-do Province and Seoul, where it was convenient for them to travel to China. Their jobs were various. Some were engaged in commerce, others in farming. And there were also wage-labourers. When a death case occurred, the first thing to be done was to identify the nationality of the dead. Usually it was decided on the ground of the Chinese clothes of the dead or the possessions of the dead. The death case of the Chinese in Joseon frequently occurred in 1920s. Especially after overseas Chinese Rejection Incident in 1927, Joseon Government General and the Chinese authority in Joseon responded against each other very sensitively concerning the handling of the Chinese dead without family. The conflict between two sides was partly due to the expense for the treatment of the dead. In general when a person was discovered dead, the Japanese officers checked the nationality, address, name and jobs, and then tried to find family or relatives. Then Joseon Government General claimed Chinese authority for the expense. The expense composed of labor cost and other small expenditure was not a large amount. The negotiation between two sides about which side would pay the expense used to go on mainly in the aspect of who would take charge of the case. In many cases this kind of accident was settled down, with overseas Chinese merchant forced to pay the expense.