1930년대 후반 在滿興亞協會의 設立과 對日協力 論理

Abstract

This article is a study analyzing the establishment and activities of Heunga Association which was formed to block up the ideological disturbance of Korean people in Manchria and to build a strengthened cooperation system toward Japan in Korean society by Kwantung army in Bongcheon (Senyang) area in March, 1933. The analysis was centered on the articles of Heunga Association's bulletin “A report on Koreans in Manchuria”. First of all, the Association seems to be the most influential pro-Japanese body of official quarters in Bongcheon area because Kwantung army, Japanese consul general to Bongcheon, head of a regiment of military police, the secretary-general of Hyeobhwahoi (a society for harmony), and others in Bongcheon participated in the Association when I examined the organizational structure of the Association and the position of the leading officers. And it seems that the Association hired Korean clerks to manage office work and publish its bulletin, and Beom-Seok Seo, the head official and chief editor was the most influential pro-Japanese Korean. Beom-Seok Seo worked in the National Assembly as a congressman of a party not in power after Korea's liberation in 1945. The Heunga Association tried to set up branches in other areas, and it seems that Sangdongheunga Association, its branch was set up. It promoted to set up a school for the colonial assimilation education of Korean young people and Donggwang school could be established with the help of the head of the special service agency in Bongcheon (he was the chairman of the Association), the support of fund raising from the government-general in Korea and the help of Gyeongseong textile manufacturing company, Yeon-Soo Kim, Chang-Hak Choi, Chi-Ho Yoon and others. As the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Association held a meeting to discuss the state of affairs with Korean supporters in Bongcheon and resolved on actively supporting Japan for Japanese victory at the War. It seemed that it raised funds for national defense for Japan or held theater parties and put a variety of reports in “A report on Koreans in Manchuria” to urge the soldiers to win the victory at the war. I examined the editorials of “A report on Koreans in Manchuria” including a variety of articles centering on the editorials of emphasizing Japanese systematic superiority, exclusivism against the Kuomintang, China and the Soviet Union and cooperation with Japan. Taking the above-mentioned facts into consideration, the Heunga Association seems to have been a special pro-Japanese organization which was formed by influential pro-Japanese Koreans in Bongcheon area after the latter half of 1930s and the Japanese special service agency in Bongcheon.