issue in South Korea to discuss whether Yun's bombing attack in 1932 would have been considered as terrorism in the modern context. In 2007, Anders Karlsson, a visiting Swedish scholar from SOAS, University of London, compared Yun Bong-gil and Kim Gu to terrorists in his lecture on Korean history. His comparison provoked strong criticism from the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo. Prof. Jeong Byeong-jun, interviewed by JoongAng Ilbo, dismissed Karlsson's description as the "view of Westerners". Later, he explained his purpose was to highlight "how the implications of the 'terrorism' have changed over the course of the past century". In 2013, Tessa Morris-Suzuki, an English historian and professor at Australian National University, concurred with Karlsson's explanation and wrote in her academic article, "If we accept the literal dictionary definition of the term terrorists as partisan, member of a resistance organization or guerrilla force using acts of violence then Yoo was self-evidently a terrorist." On the other hand, at the "International Research Conference in Memory of the 70th Anniversary of Yun Bong-gil & Lee Bong-chang's Patriotic Acts", held on 29 April 2002 in Shanghai, some scholars present pointed out that Yun's patriotic acts have distinct differences from modern day terrorism, which targets civilians. Yun only attacked the Japanese top military and political officials attending the event, and no other civilians were hurt by the bombing. To protect civilians, Yun waited until all the diplomats had left the scene. In popular culture Yun is played by Lee Kang-min in the 2019 television series Different Dreams. See also Korea under Japanese rule Korean independence movement Lee Bong-chang Sakuradamon Incident (1932) Assassination attempts on Hirohito References External links Website devoted to Yun Bong-gil Yun Bong-gil Site Execution of Yun Bong-gil 1908 births 1932 deaths Korean assassins Korean independence activists Nationalist assassins Executed assassins 20th-century executions by Japan People executed by Japan by firing squad Recipients of the Order of Merit for National Foundation Papyeong Yun clan