Person1887 – 1910
Yi Jae-myeong
Patriot who stabbed and gravely wounded the collaborator Lee Wan-yong outside Myeongdong Cathedral in 1909 and was executed
After working in Hawaii and the United States, where he joined the Gongnip Association, he returned to Korea in 1907. In December 1909 he stabbed Lee Wan-yong as he left a memorial service for the Belgian king at Myeongdong Cathedral, gravely wounding him. Arrested on the spot, he was executed the following year.