Independence Patriot · Domestic Anti-Japanese Resistance · Domestic Anti-Japanese Resistance
| Life | 1895 ~ 1938 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 김해 김씨 |
Kim Sun-tak (1895–1938), of the Gimhae Kim clan, was born in Jocheon-ri, Jeju, the second son of a licentiate Kim U-jong.
He took part in the four-day Jocheon-ri independence demonstrations beginning March 21, 1919, for which he was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for three years. He later headed the Jocheon branch of the Jeju Youth Alliance, elected its executive chairman in 1928.
From late 1929 he ran a lending library called Sinja Mungo and organized night schools to educate youth and instill nationalist ideas, and formed consumer cooperatives, for which he was imprisoned again in 1930.
He died of illness on March 12, 1938.
He had five sons and three daughters.