After returning to Korea from China earlier in the year, Yi Kwang-su published his essay “A Treatise on National Reconstruction” in the popular magazine Creation. It described a cultural nationalist agenda.
The Society for the Establishment of a National University was founded, and a fund-raising drive was instituted. The Japanese soon proclaimed their intention to build Keij Imperial University by 1926, which sapped the energies behind the Korean movement.
The Korean production movement was launched as a means of developing a self-sufficient national economy. Among its leaders were Yi Sng-hun, Cho Man-sik (b. 1882, Korea's Gandhi, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Korean Production in July 1920), Yi Kwang-su, and Ym T'ae-jin. They encouraged all Koreans to buy only domestic products.
Numerous modern novels were published in the 1920s. Among the more famous writers of the day were Kim Tong-in (1900–51), Ym Sang-sp (1897–1963), Han Yong-un (1879–1944), and Yi Pyng-gi (1892–1968). The 1920s are generally considered a period of cultural renaissance, though many leftist publications were censored or closed down by the Japanese police.
Imperial University by 1926, which sapped the energies behind the Korean movement.
ng-hun, Cho Man-sik (b. 1882, Korea's Gandhi, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Korean Production in July 1920), Yi Kwang-su, and Y
m T'ae-jin. They encouraged all Koreans to buy only domestic products.
