Black and white photo from a book of Kim Koo leader of the Korean Independence Movement. Kim Gu (August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), also known by his pen name Baekbeom, was a Korean statesman politician. He was the sixth, ninth and later the last President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Japanese Empire, and a reunification activist after 1945. He was assassinated by Korean lieutenant Ahn Doo-hee in 1949.
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