Hong Beomdo

Hong Beom-do (1868–1943) was a righteous-army commander in the late Joseon period and an independence activist and soldier during the Japanese colonial era. A former hunter renowned for his marksmanship, he crossed into Manchuria after Korea's annexation in 1910 and led armed independence forces. As commander-in-chief of the Korean Independence Army, he won a major victory over Japanese troops at the Battle of Bongo-dong in 1920, regarded as one of the landmark achievements of the armed independence movement.