Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan Attack Stevens
Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan shot Durham Stevens, the adviser who defended Japanese rule over Korea, in San Francisco; the deed united the Korean community in America.
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Stevens was an American whom Japan had placed in the Korean government as diplomatic adviser under the first Japan–Korea Agreement of 1904. On home leave in 1908 he told the press that Japanese rule was good for Korea, angering Korean Americans, and he refused to retract when their representatives protested.
Acting independently, Jeon and Jang struck on the same day at the same place. When Jeon’s pistol misfired, Jang fired, and Stevens died two days later. Jang was sentenced to 25 years. Korean groups in America then merged into the Korean National Association (1909).