Author · South Korea
Yi In-jik
Died in 1916
Yi In-jik was born in 1862 in Icheon, in Gyeonggi, and died in 1916 after a long illness, according to the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. Trained in the Chinese classics, he left around 1900 to study at a political school in Tōkyō and in 1901 joined a newspaper in the city as a trainee. On his return, in 1906 he ran the editorial staff of Seoul dailies; one of them, bailed out by Yi Wan-yong, became the organ of his cabinet, and he was its president. A supporter of Japanese rule, he is credited with a behind-the-scenes role in the annexation of 1910. He also directed a modern theatre opened in 1908.