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* 2008 – {{cite book|title=경성 자살 클럽: 근대 조선을 울린 충격적 자살사건|language=ko|trans-title=The Gyeongseong Suicide Club: A Shocking Suicide Case That Shook Modern Joseon|publisher=Queer Archive|year= 2008| |
* 2008 – {{cite book|title=경성 자살 클럽: 근대 조선을 울린 충격적 자살사건|language=ko|trans-title=The Gyeongseong Suicide Club: A Shocking Suicide Case That Shook Modern Joseon|publisher=Queer Archive|year= 2008|=978-89-522-0959-703910|last=Jeon|first=Bong-gwan}} |
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* 2010 – ”Orbital Train, 1931, the first same-sex suicide incident in Joseon”, play by Kim Tae-ju<ref name=”nocut”/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vop.co.kr/A00000289326.html|title=1931년, 조선 최초의 동성정사 사건 [공연소개] 궤도열차|language=ko|trans-title=1931, the first homosexual affair in Joseon [Performance Introduction] Orbital Train|publisher=Voice of the People |last=Lee|first=Dong=kwon|date=April 7, 2010|access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref> |
* 2010 – ”Orbital Train, 1931, the first same-sex suicide incident in Joseon”, play by Kim Tae-ju<ref name=”nocut”/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vop.co.kr/A00000289326.html|title=1931년, 조선 최초의 동성정사 사건 [공연소개] 궤도열차|language=ko|trans-title=1931, the first homosexual affair in Joseon [Performance Introduction] Orbital Train|publisher=Voice of the People |last=Lee|first=Dong=kwon|date=April 7, 2010|access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref> |
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* 2012 – ”Kongchilpal Saesamryuk”, musical film directed by Joo Ji-hee<ref name=”women2012″/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/music/540762.html|trans-title=Three women tell their love stories of “true freedom” in the 1930s, in the musical “Kongchilpal Saesamryuk.”|language=ko|title=세 여자가 말하는 1930년대 ‘진짜 자유’ 연애사, 뮤지컬 ‘콩칠팔 새삼륙’|publisher=Hani|date=July 3, 2012|access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref> |
* 2012 – ”Kongchilpal Saesamryuk”, musical film directed by Joo Ji-hee<ref name=”women2012″/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/music/540762.html|trans-title=Three women tell their love stories of “true freedom” in the 1930s, in the musical “Kongchilpal Saesamryuk.”|language=ko|title=세 여자가 말하는 1930년대 ‘진짜 자유’ 연애사, 뮤지컬 ‘콩칠팔 새삼륙’|publisher=Hani|date=July 3, 2012|access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:10, 26 November 2025
South Korean interpreter (1911–1950)
Hong Ok-im (Korean: 홍옥임 and Kim Yong-ju (Korean: 용주김 (both born c. 1912 and died April 8, 1931) were two Korean women who met in high school and became lovers, despite Kim entering a marriage arranged by her parents. Their personalities reportedly were quite different, with Kim being gentle and educated and Hong being raucous and a poor student. They committed suicide together on April 8, 1931 by jumping in front of a train,[1] at Yeongdeungpo station in Seoul.[2]
Hong’s father was Hong Seok-hu, an ophthalmologist who opened Korea’s first private hospital, Severance Hospital,[3] where he was also a professor, and she was the niece of musician Hong Yeong-hu. Kim’s father was Kim Dong-jin, the manager of a large bookstore and publisher. Hong and Kim’s double suicide shocked the world at the time; not only because it was a double same-sex suicide, but becaue they both came from promient families. Media dubbed it Korea’s first homosexual suicide.[2]
The reason for their suicide is often reported as being beause they were homosexuals. At the time in Korea, homosexuality among females was actually encouraged because it was considered safer than sex with men and there was little discrimnation until the modern era.[3][4] Lee Young-ah, a professor at Myongji University, feels homosexuality was not the reason. Hong was betrayed by a male friend at Severance Medical School and her father’s infidelity caused problems at home. Kim had been forced by her parents to quit her studies at school in order to marry but her husband soon abandoned her to study abroud. She tried to go back to school, but the school would not let her because she was married. Their double successful suicide was their third suicide attempt and they left a note that said “The world is meaningless.”[3] Lee feels these personal and domestic problems were more of a factor than homosexuality.[3]
- 2008 – Jeon, Bong-gwan (2008). 경성 자살 클럽: 근대 조선을 울린 충격적 자살사건 [The Gyeongseong Suicide Club: A Shocking Suicide Case That Shook Modern Joseon] (in Korean). Queer Archive. 978-89-522-0959-703910.
- 2010 – Orbital Train, 1931, the first same-sex suicide incident in Joseon, play by Kim Tae-ju[2][5]
- 2012 – Kongchilpal Saesamryuk, musical film directed by Joo Ji-hee[4][6]
- ^ Aribaud, Myriam (July 23, 2021). “Korean Women in History”. Glasgow Women’s Library. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ a b c Han, Sang-mi (April 8, 2010). “1931년 조선 최초 동성정사(同性情死) 사건…연극 궤도열차“ [The first homosexual suicide case in Korea in 1931… The play “Track Train”]. No Cut News Christian Broadcasting System Culture Department (in Korean). Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Lee, Young-ah (September 9, 2012). “홍옥임의 자살이 동성애 때문일까?” [Was Hong Ok-im’s suicide due to homosexuality?] (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ a b Kim, Nam-hee (July 13, 2012). “‘자유연애’ 꿈꾸던 모던걸을 소환하다”. Women’s Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ Lee, Dong=kwon (April 7, 2010). “1931년, 조선 최초의 동성정사 사건 [공연소개] 궤도열차” [1931, the first homosexual affair in Joseon [Performance Introduction] Orbital Train] (in Korean). Voice of the People. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ “세 여자가 말하는 1930년대 ‘진짜 자유’ 연애사, 뮤지컬 ‘콩칠팔 새삼륙’“ [Three women tell their love stories of “true freedom” in the 1930s, in the musical “Kongchilpal Saesamryuk.”] (in Korean). Hani. July 3, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
