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Japanese Colonial Period
1923년사회

Korean Products Promotion Movement

Initiated in Pyongyang by figures such as Cho Man-sik, this movement promoted the use of domestically produced goods as a campaign to achieve economic self-reliance for the Korean nation.

Key developments

  1. 평양에서 시작Beginning in Pyongyang

    The movement began in 1920 when Cho Man-sik and others founded the Korean Production Movement Society in Pyongyang.

  2. 국산품 애용Use Domestic Goods

    With the slogan 'Live on our own goods,' it sought national economic independence through domestic products.

  3. 논란과 쇠퇴Controversy and Decline

    It declined amid criticism that rising demand merely raised prices and benefited only capitalists.

Related figures

Jo Mansik

Related places

평양