1921

Yi Tong-hwi’s party (the old Korean Socialist Party) in Shanghai is renamed to Koryo Kongsan-tang (Korean Communist Party).

Yi Tong-hwi resigns from his post as Prime Minister of the Korean Provisional Govt

The Kommunisticheskii Universitet Trudiashchikhsia Vostoka (the Communist University of the Toilers of the East), a revolutionary training school, is established. Acronym: KUTV.

The people’s representative congress of the Korean Provisional Govt was held and the Congress condemned the Communist Party

The Third Congress of the Comintern is held, from June 22, 1921 to July 21, 1921. The Shanghai group represented the Koreans

The Alexeyevsk Incident, also known as the “Free City Incident.” The forces of the KRMGC, led by Choe Koryo, surround the barracks of the Volunteer Army demanding that it join the KRMGC or be disbanded. The Volunteer Army is defeated and taken prisoner. This battle was over the hegemony of the korean communist movement.

Choe Chang-sik announces a 4-point temporary platform at the founding congress and restricted membership to those who were aged 30 or under. This group was primarily funded by the Irkutsk group.

Kim Ik-sang, a member of Uiyeoldan (의열단), threw a bomb into the Government-General Building, targeting Governor General Saito Makoto’s office in Seoul on September 12, 1921. Part of the building was destroyed by the explosion.

The Washington Naval Conference is held from November 12, 1921 until February 6, 1922. It was attended by 9 nations: the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal.

During this conference, the Four-Powers Treaty was signed between the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan.

A three-man investigation committee of the Comintern issued a statement regarding the June 26th event between the Shanghai and Irkutsk factions.

The Four-Power Treaty of 1921 was signed on December 13, 1921 during the Washington Naval Conference between United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan.

This treaty said that all four powers would respect each other’s territories in the Pacific. For Koreans, this meant that Korea had been abandoned by western powers, left to be consumed by Imperial Japan.