So Chae-pil
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So Chae-Pil (1866-1951), a young revolutionary, later relocated to US and earned a medical degree from George Washington University (Washington D.C.) He returned to Korea in 1896 as a naturalized US citizen, with the Anglicized name of Philip Jaisohn, and worked on numerous causes related to Korean independence and modernization.
He was exiled in the United States because of the Independence Club he established in 1896. This club began to create social and political programs.
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