105-Man Incident
| 105-Man Incident | |
Photo taken during the incident | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 105인 사건 |
| Hanja | 百五人事件 |
| RR | 105in sageon |
| MR | 105in sakŏn |
| Alternate name | |
| Hangul | 선천사건 |
| Hanja | 宣川事件 |
| RR | Seoncheon sageon |
| MR | Sŏnch'ŏn sakŏn |
The 105-Man Incident (Korean: 105인 사건; Hanja: 百五人事件) or Sŏnch'ŏn Incident (선천사건; 宣川事件) was a 1911 incident in which 105 Koreans were sentenced to hard labor during the Japanese colonial period in Korea.
In 1911, after several alleged Korean attempts in 1910 to assassinate the Governor-General of Chōsen Terauchi Masatake, over 700 Koreans were arrested, many of whom were Christian. In 1912, the Governor-General sent 122 of those arrested to the Court of Justice, and 105 of them were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor. In the end, only six Koreans had their sentences imposed, but even they were released in 1915 after being granted amnesty.