page_title: Park Yong-man
section_title: Life in Nebraska
hierarchical_section_title: Park Yong-man / Emigration to the U.S. / Life in Nebraska
caption_attribution_description: English: Bak Yong-man in Lincoln, Nebraska Korean dormitory in 1911 한국어: 네브라스카 링컨시 한인 학생 기숙사의 박용만, 1911년
context_page_description: Park Yong-man; was a Korean nationalist and independence activist who, after spending time in prison for reformist activities, immigrated to the United States of America. There Park was involved in the establishment of various Korean nationalist organizations in Denver, Nebraska and Hawaii. Park also founded the Korean Military Corps. Following the March 1st movement in 1919, Park became involved with the military training of Korean nationalists in China, but may have also engaged in anti-communist activity. Park was assassinated in Beijing by a Korean communist.
context_section_description: Initially settling in Nebraska, Park was a student at the Hastings College. He then moved to Denver, Colorado to again join his uncle, who had also moved to the United States and was one of the first Korean immigrants to live in Denver.  Together with his uncle, Park helped organise a Korean nationalist network in Denver.  However, when his uncle was assassinated in 1907, Park subsequently returned to Nebraska, this time to Lincoln to study political and military science at the University of Nebraska.
  By June 1909, and now recognized as one of the leaders of the Korean-American community, Park established a military school in Kearney, Nebraska. Park was a firm believer in military action against Japan in order to achieve an independent Korea, and such action clearly required trained fighters. With his school, he aimed to provide young Korean-Americans with military drills and training for the anticipated clash with Japan.  History, English, Korean and even agriculture were also taught to students.
  By 1910, Park was dabbling in journalism and was editor of the Korean newspaper The New Korea (신한민보)  published by the recently established Korean National Association (KNA) in San Francisco.  Syngman Rhee, by now released from prison and living in the United States, was asked to take over Park's military school, which had shifted from Kearney to Hastings, Nebraska.  Upon his arrival, Rhee was highly critical of the school and only stayed a short time before departing. The school eventually was closed in 1915.
caption: Park Yong-man in his dormitory at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
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