Ernest Bethell
Ernest T. Bell | |
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| Born | November 3, 1872 England |
| Died | May 1, 1909 Seoul, South Korea |
Ernest Thomas Bethel (Nov 3, 1872 - May 1, 1909) was a British journalist working in Asia as a correspondent for the London Daily News. He founded an early newspaper in Korea with Yang Gi-tak in 1904 called the Daehan Maeil Sinbo (대한매일신보, 大韓每日申報, The Korea Daily News), which was published in Korean and English. The publication was strongly antagonistic to the Japanese.[1]
He originally came to Korea in 1904 to report on the Russo-Japanese War, but then stayed in Korea and reported on Japanese imperialism in Korea. In particular he noted the abuses by Japanese soldiers against Koreans. For his commentary he was imprisoned, where he died of tuberculosis. The monument that Koreans erected in for him was defaced by the Japanese,. Another monument was erected near by the original one in 1964 by journalists living in Korea[2]. Both can be seen at his grave at Yanghwajin Foreigners' Cemetery.
References
- ^ Press, Office of the President also cited by Nicole Cohen, Japanese Periodicals in Colonial Korea, report on Japanese bibliography accessed on Columbia University NY website at [1] July 27, 2006
- ^ Clark, Donald N., comp and ed. The Seoul Foreigners' Cemetery at Yanghwajin: An Informal History with Notes on Other Cemeteries in Korea and Individuals and Families in the History of the Foreign Community in Korea. Seoul: Seoul Union Church, 1998
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