Korean Revolutionary Army

The Korean Revolutionary Army was an anti-Japanese armed force of the Korean independence movement in southern Manchuria. It was formed in May 1929 when leaders of the independence struggle gathered at Jilin and set up the National People's Government, which the source describes as the only revolutionary military government in southern Manchuria. The army began as the regular force of that government and was later transferred to the Korean Revolutionary Party. Its leadership passed from Lee Jin-tak in 1929 to Yang Se-bong in 1931 and to Kim Hwal-seok in 1934, and its strength is given as about 10,000 troops. It is listed as active until April 1937. It should not be confused with the separate Korean Independence Army, which served the Korean Independence Party in northern Manchuria over the same years.