‘Samil’ means ‘three-one’ referring to March 1

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Samil Undong is a Korean independence movement named for the date March 1, 1919, when mass demonstrations against Japanese colonial rule began.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
independence movement
alsoKnownAs 3.1 Independence Movement
March 1st Movement
surface form: 3·1 Movement

March 1st Movement
Samil Movement
commemoratedAs Independence Movement Day
commemoratedIn South Korea
commemoratedOn March 1
country Korea
goal Korean independence from Japan
hasCause Annexation of Korea
surface form: Japanese annexation of Korea

oppression under Japanese colonial administration
hasDocument Korean Declaration of Independence
surface form: Korean Declaration of Independence (1919)
hasEtymology ‘Samil’ meaning ‘three-one’ referring to March 1
hasNameMeaning three-one movement
hasType civil resistance
mass protest
inspired Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
surface form: Korean Provisional Government in exile

later Korean independence movements
languageOfName Korean
legacy annual national holiday in South Korea
memorial ceremonies and events across Korea
location Korean Peninsula
method mass demonstrations
nonviolent protest
public reading of independence declaration
namedAfter March 1, 1919
opposedTo Japanese colonial rule in Korea
participant Korean intellectuals
Korean religious leaders
Korean students
general Korean population
relatedTo Korea under Japanese rule
surface form: Japanese occupation of Korea

Korean nationalism
nonviolent resistance movements
result harsh repression by Japanese authorities
many casualties among Korean demonstrators
thousands of arrests
significance major milestone in Korean independence struggle
symbol of Korean national identity
startDate 1919-03-01
timePeriod Japanese rule over Korea
year 1919

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Samil Undong etymology ‘Samil’ means ‘three-one’ referring to March 1