Korean People's Association in Manchuria

Korean People’s Association in Manchuria 재만한족총연합회
1929–1931
Flag
Map of Mudanjiang Prefecture
Status	Historically unrecognized autonomous prefecture
Capital	Hailin (de facto)
Common languages	Korean
Demonym(s)	Korean
Government	Autonomous self-governing cooperative organization
Chairman
• 1929-1930	Kim Chwa-chin
Historical era	Interwar period
• Established	August 1929
• Disestablished	September 1931
Population
• 1930	2,000,000[1]
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of China State of Manchuria National People's Prefecture
Today part of	China

Korean People’s Association in Manchuria
Founding members of the KPAM in 1928
Korean name
Hangul	재만한족총연합회
Hanja	在滿韓族總聯合會
Revised Romanization	Jaeman Hanjok Chongyeonhaphoe
McCune–Reischauer	Chaeman Hanjok Ch'ongyŏnhaphoe
Korean Anarchist Federation in Manchuria
Hangul	재만조선무정부주의자연맹
Hanja	在滿朝鮮無政府主義者聯盟
Revised Romanization	Jaeman Joseon Mujeongbujuuija Yeonmaeng
McCune–Reischauer	Chaeman Chosŏn Mujŏngbujuŭija Yŏnmaeng
Shinmin Prefecture
Hangul	신민부
Hanja	新民府
Revised Romanization	Sinminbu
McCune–Reischauer	Sinminbu

The Korean People's Association in Manchuria (KPAM; Korean: 재만한족총연합회; August 1929 – September 1931) was a self-governing autonomous prefecture in Manchuria, populated by two million Korean refugees. Following the Japanese occupation of Korea, many Korean anarchists had fled over the border into Manchuria, where they began organising a network of mutual aid for displaced Koreans in the region. Together with some Korean nationalists, they established the KPAM in order to provide food, education and self-defence to its members. Before long, the association found itself under attack by both Korean communists and Japanese imperialists, who assassinated their leadership. The Japanese invasion of Manchuria put an end to the anarchist experiment, with many of its members fleeing to China in order to fight against the Japanese Empire.