The Publication of a Magazine Gwangmyeong and the Solidarity between Korea and China in the 1920s

This study is intended to bring to light the reality of the solidarity between Korea and China that progressed centering around the publication of Gwangmyeong in the early 1920s. This is a task to reveal the history of publishing Gwangmyeong in solidarity between Korea and China. It is also to settle the controversial issues over the principal agent and characteristics of publishing Gwangmyeong. Thus, this study is to contribute to understanding not only Gwangmyeong but also the joint memory of Korea and China including magazines of solidarity between Korea and China which were published in China in the first half of the 20th century. No.1 of Gwangmyeong Volume 1 was first published in Guangzhou, China on December 1 of 1921, led by Umin Lee. He was one of those who established Sino-Korean Mutual Aid Society. The host to publish Gwangmyeong was Gwang myeongwolbosa. Gwangmyeong was the mouthpiece of Gwangmyeongwolbosa. Gwangmyeong was characterized by solidarity between Korea and China. In other words, Gwangmyeong was a magazine of solidarity between Korea and China. The importance of Gwangmyeong lies in the fact that it is the only magazine of solidarity between Korea and China in the 1920s that has been handed down. In addition, Gwangmyeong has rarity value as a joint memory of Korea and China.