"The traitor who poured gasoline on Empress Myeongseong's corpse and acted as a matchmaker.." The bizarre story of Ha Young's great-grandfather marrying a Japanese wife [Star Issue]

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As the treasonous acts of Ahn Sang-ho, the great-grandfather of actress Ha Young (33, real name Ahn Ha-young), continue to be revealed, another shocking report has emerged regarding this matter.

On the 14th, Ilbo Shinmun shed light on facts related to Ahn Sang-ho's network during his stay in Japan. This concerns Gu Yeon-su (Koo Yeon-soo), a figure mentioned in the process of Ahn Sang-ho's marriage to his Japanese wife, Kawaguchi Isoko, and their return to Korea. Gu Yeon-su was the person who arranged the match between Ahn Sang-ho and his Japanese wife and is also listed on the roster of 'Pro-Japanese Collaborators.' The relationship between Gu Yeon-su and Ahn Sang-ho has been discussed in researcher Lee Jung-eun's thesis titled 'The Life and Activities of Ahn Sang-ho, Korea's First Modern Practicing Physician.'

Gu Yeon-su guided Japanese ronin to the sleeping quarters of Empress Myeongseong at Gyeongbokgung Palace during the Eulmi Incident in 1895 and supervised the heinous act of pouring gasoline on her corpse and burning it. This is recorded in '99 Pro-Japanese Collaborators,' published by the Anti-Colonialist Problem Research Institute. It is known that immediately after the assassination of Empress Myeongseong, Gu Yeon-su fled to Japan with other accomplices and continued his life in exile. Additionally, after the Japanese annexation of Korea, Gu Yeon-su served as a police official up to the position of Jo Seon (총독) Police Commissioner.

Song Byung-jun, Gu Yeon-su's father-in-law, was also a traitor. He is cited alongside Yi Wan-yong as a representative traitor. According to records from the Institute for Oriental Culture at Gakushuin University in Japan, which deciphered tapes recording the testimonies of Jo Seon (총독) government officials, Song Byung-jun was the person who demanded 150 million yen from Itō Hirobumi and then-Prime Minister Katsura Tarō as a price for handing over Korea to Japan. Former colonial government officials also revealed that "Song Byung-jun repeatedly told Prime Minister Katsura, 'With 150 million yen, we can put all this vast land and its population of 20 million people into Japanese hands. It is not expensive at all.'"

The connection between Gu Yeon-su and Ahn Sang-ho's couple can also be confirmed in the book 'Pioneers of Korean Medicine' by Jeong Goo-chung, an author officially listed in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators. This book is a document that Ha Young's father mentioned while attempting to defend Ahn Sang-ho, only to receive criticism.

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