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Hong Si - yeon is a former Japanese Army lieutenant general who continued to use his Korean name - forcing him to change his name to Mr. So is a blatant lie.

2022-06-30  Category:WWⅡ

Hong Si - yeon is a former Japanese Army lieutenant general who continued to use his Korean name  -  forcing him to change his name to Mr. So is a blatant lie.

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Japanese soldiers from the Korean Peninsula

``There have been many people who have died falsely since ancient times, and he doesn't want me to join them.''
``Even if you try to dwell on it, you'll end up complaining and thinking you're guilty of losing the war.''

This is the death poem composed by Hong Siyung. He is a native of Gyeonggi Province who served in the Japanese army and rose to the rank of lieutenant general, the highest rank for a Korean.

Japanese soldiers who gave themselves Korean names

Although he was intelligent and an excellent soldier, he did not declare his name change and took the name of the Korean peninsula (if he did not declare his name change, he would be registered with his original name).

South Korea claims that the Korean name was taken away from Japan by changing the So family name, but this is a complete lie. Changing your name is a self-reporting system and is not mandatory. If it was forced, then how could that person who disobeyed become a lieutenant general in the army with his Korean name?

Hong Si-yeon took a different path from his friends, telling the anti-Japanese forces on the Korean peninsula, ``Raising now will not lead to the restoration of Korea's independence, and that they should spend some time studying and developing their skills before fighting.''

Legal death in the Philippines

Hong Si-yeon was assigned to the Philippines, where the war ended. After the war ended, he was tried as a war criminal and sentenced to death. There is not the slightest hint of resentment toward Japan or its annexation in his final words as he bids farewell to this world.

Hong Si-hyeong is currently enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. Even if he returned to South Korea, he would be treated as a criminal for being pro-Japanese and his grave would be dug up many times, so it would be better if he was enshrined in Japan forever.