Status Updates From Blue Dreams: Korean America...

Two political parties had emerged, and the conflict between the two adversary leaders, Park and Rhee, had produced devastating results: the permanent split of the Korean community in Hawaii, the weakening of the independence movement, and the existence of two inimical Korean churches.

Mr. Tough sighed, "We really thought our uprising would catch the attention and sympathy of the United States, Britain, Holland, and the other big powers of the world. Once they learned of our plight we were sure they would come to our res-cue. But no such help came. The nations declared it was an internal matter for the Japanese and they would not interfere.
Koreans suffered worse conditions after our failed attempt

Then the servants reported that they heard the police had caught and imprisoned Choe Namson, who was known to have almost singlehandedly drafted the Korean Declaration of Inde-pendence. Also, all thirty-three leaders who had signed the declaration had voluntarily surrendered to Japanese authorities soon after the mass demonstration.

During the parade in Seoul a young woman’s hand proudly waving the Korean flag, was cut off by a Japanese sword. But before the flag touched the ground, she caught it with her other hand. More than 2,500 Koreans were thrown in prison in Seoul alone that day. Among the women activists incarcerated was my mother, Lee Hee Kyung.

'Horatio Algers--whether African American, European American, or Asian American--do not return to the ghetto.'