The Dreams of Two Yi-Min

This book also provides a unique view of Youngman Park and Syngman Rhee, each of whom came to Hawaii to lead the Korean immigrants. Park became the head of the Korean National Association, and Rhee was active through the Methodist Board of Missions in Hawaii. Park was deported to Shanghai after he created a military force in Hawaii to aid Korea against Japan. Rhee left the Methodists and began the Korean Christian Church, thus splitting the Koreans in Hawaii into two rival churches. The Kwon family remained Methodist, and sent funds to Park in Shanghai to fight the Japanese in Korea.