1920-1930

Younghill Kang (Kang Yong-hŭl, 강용흘, 姜鏞訖, 1898?–1972) was an acclaimed and pioneering Korean American writer.

Kang has been credited as the first Korean American novelist and “the Pioneer of Asian American Literature.”[1] His semi-autobiographical novels Th...

Myo Mook Lee (Yi Myo-muk 이묘묵 李卯默; 1902–1957) was a Korean educator and politician who worked as an interpreter for the American Military Government and as a diplomat for the South Korean government.
Lee was born in the Pyongyang area in 1902, the second...

Yong-jeung Kim (alternatively spelled as Yongjeung Kim, Yong-jung Kim, or Young Jeung Kim) (Kim Yong-jung, 김용중 金龍中, 1898–1975) was a businessman, writer, and activist who eventually became a prominent advocate for neutral Korean reunification at the...

Hyung Lin Kim (Kim Hyŏng-nin, 김형린 金瀅璘, 1899–1990)[1] was an educator, businessman, and a leader of the Korean community in New York City.[2]

Kim was a native of Kanggye, North P’yŏngan Province.[3] In 1920, Kim graduated from Union Christian College of...

Kyung Durk (K.D.) Har (Ha Kyŏng-dŏk, 하경덕 河敬德, 1897–1951) was a sociologist, publisher, and public intellectual. Kyung Durk Har was born on July 25, 1897 in Iksan, Chŏlla Province, in the present-day South Korea. The eldest of three boys and three girls...