Korean Patriotic Organization
To revive the stagnant Provisional Government, Kim Gu organized the Korean Patriotic Organization in Shanghai to carry out armed attacks.
한인애국단 본부(안공근 집) 상하이시 황푸구 황푸난루 863에서 · Public domain · Source
After the National Representatives’ Conference the government lacked people and money. In 1931 the Wanbaoshan incident strained relations between Koreans and Chinese, and Japan invaded Manchuria; Kim Gu formed the organization to show Korea’s will for independence by striking Japanese leaders.
The attacks of Yi Bong-chang and Yun Bong-gil made the Korean struggle known worldwide and won the support of the Chinese Nationalist government, which opened a Korean class at the Luoyang military academy. Pursued by the Japanese, the Provisional Government left Shanghai in 1932 and moved through Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Changsha, Guangzhou, Liuzhou and Qijiang before settling in Chongqing in 1940.