What is "singanhoe"

The Singanhoe was a Korean nationalist organization under Japanese colonial rule, founded on February 15, 1927, that unified Korean socialist and nationalist factions and maintained a unilateral independence movement until May 1931. Including both Korean and overseas branches, this organization was able to attract a total membership of between 30,000 – 40,000 people. While internal strife between leftist and rightist factions was a consistent obstacle, the Singanhoe actively pursued several goals:

• the abolishment of racial, political, and economic oppression
• the attainment of freedoms of speech, organization, association, and publishing
• the support of youth and women’s equality movements
• the overturning of factionalism and clan nepotism
• the opposition to the East Asia Colonial Development Company
• the propagation of the economic frugality movement.