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ByJangHo-jun
AssociateEditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
In 1909, General Ahn Joong-keun, a Korean independence
activist, assassinated the first Prime Minister of Japan, Ito
Hirobumi, at a train station in the city of Harbin, in northeast
China.HewassoonarrestedandplacedinLushunPrisonandlater
handed a death sentence. But instead of appealing the decision,
Ahn requested that the court give him time to finish his writings
before carrying out his execution. The court ignored his request,
however,cuttingshorthiswork.“OnPeaceinEastAsia”wasone
suchessaythatwentunfinished.
Conventional analyses of the man have focused mainly on
his assassination of Ito Hirobumi and on his efforts to secure
the independence of Korea. Current scholars, however, have
begun to reexamine the political theories of Ahn, who studied
international relations seeking ways to establish peace in East
Asia. Ahn emphasized Pan-Asianism as a means of freeing the
regionfromtheyokeofWesterncolonialism.Helaysouthisideas
in “On Peace in East Asia,” concepts forged in the latter period
of the Chosun Dynasty that reveal striking similarities to current
relationsamongstatesinAsiasince2000.AsWesternpowersstill
wield considerable influence in the region and conflicts continue
betweenneighboringstates,Ahn’sworkservesasaframeworkfor
solvinglingeringtensions.
ThevalueofAhn’sincompletework
Of “On Peace in East Asia,” only certain sections were
completed,includingthe“introduction,”“previousfacts,”“present
General
conditions,” “preparations,” and “questions and answers.” While
incomplete, the work contains the essential elements of Ahn’s
analysis on East Asia. Taken with statements he made in court, a
Ahn on
full picture of Ahn’s theory on regional peace becomes possible
andcanbesummarizedasfollows:“Theaggressivewarlaunched
by the Japanese Emperor has broken Eastern peace. As the casus
‘Peace in
belli of the war was Japan’s financial difficulties, a solution may
have been found through such methods as acquiring the credit of
neighboringcountries.Thecooperationofthesethreecountries--
Korea,JapanandChina--isessentialforthepeaceofEastAsia.”
East Asia’
Ahn’s thinking raises several important issues that apply to the
current East Asian context: a burgeoning material culture that
lackshumanity,invasioninthenameofpeacefulcoexistenceand
theabsenceofaunitedsecurityandfinancemanagementsystem.
AgainstJapan’spropaganda
Ahn was not alone in advocating Pan-Asianism. At the onset of
Japan’sMeijiRestoration,launchedin1869,thinkersinthecountry
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