Samil Undong

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Samil Undong is the Korean name for the March 1st Movement, a major 1919 nationwide protest against Japanese colonial rule in Korea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
independence movement
protest movement
commemoratedAs Independence Movement Day
commemoratedOn March 1
commemorationCountry South Korea
country Korean Peninsula
surface form: Korea
declarationReadAt Taehwagwan Restaurant, Seoul
etymology ‘Samil’ means ‘three-one’ referring to March 1
‘Undong’ means ‘movement’ in Korean
hasAlternativeName March 1st Movement
surface form: March First Movement
hasCause Korean desire for national independence
inspiration from Woodrow Wilson’s principle of national self-determination
opposition to Japanese imperialism
resentment of harsh Japanese colonial policies
hasKeyDocument March 1st Movement
surface form: Korean Declaration of Independence
hasNameInEnglish March 1st Movement
hasNameInKorean March 1st Movement
surface form: 삼일운동
hasNationalHolidayStatus South Korea
influenced Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai
later Korean independence movements
languageOfName Korean
location Jongno-gu, Seoul
surface form: Jongno, Seoul

Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang
Seoul
movementType mass demonstration
nonviolent protest
opposedTo Japanese colonial rule in Korea
participant Korean civilians
Korean intellectuals
Korean religious leaders
Korean students
pointInTime 1919
religiousInvolvement Buddhist leaders
Cheondogyo leaders
Christian leaders
result international attention to Korean independence cause
many Korean casualties
reforms in Japanese colonial administration
severe Japanese repression
thousands of Koreans arrested
scale nationwide
significance key milestone in Korean independence struggle
symbol of Korean resistance to Japanese rule
startDate 1919-03-01
temporalContext Japanese colonial period in Korea

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March 1st Movement alsoKnownAs Samil Undong