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((Short description|Korean-Japanese war criminal 1889–1946))
((Multiple issues|
((Expand Korean|홍사익|topic=bio|date=July 2019))
((more citations needed|date=June 2017))
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((Infobox military person
| name          = Hong Sa-ik
| birth_date    = ((Birth date|df=y|1889|03|04))
| death_date    = ((Death date and age|df=y|1946|09|26|1889|03|04))
| birth_place   = [[Anseong]], [[Gyeonggi Province]], [[Joseon]]
| death_place   = [[Manila]], [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]]
((Infobox person | child = yes | death_cause= [[Execution by hanging]]))
| image         = General Hong Sa-ik.jpg
| caption       = 
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = ((flag|Empire of Japan))
| branch        = [[File:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Imperial Japanese Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1914–1946
| rank          = [[File:帝國陸軍の階級―襟章―中将.svg|35px]] [[Lieutenant General]]
| commands      = 
| unit          = [[Fourteenth Area Army]]
| battles       = [[World War II]]<br />[[Philippines campaign (1944–45)]]
))

((Infobox Chinese
| title = Hong Sa-ik
| kana = ホン・サイク
| romaji = Hon Saiku
| kana2 = こう しよく
| romaji2 = Kō Shiyoku
| hangul = 홍사익
| hanja = 洪思翊
| rr = Hong Saik
| mr = Hong Saik
| ibox-order = ja, ko1, ko4, ko3
))
((family name hatnote|[[Hong (Korean name)|Hong]]||lang=Korean))

'''Hong Sa-ik''' (((Korean|hangul=홍사익)); 4 March 1889 – 26 September 1946),<ref name="Chun">((cite news|last=Chun|first=Young-gi|title=War criminal, general, but still Korean|url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200403/05/200403052136537379900090809081.html|date=5 March 2004|access-date=24 November 2006|publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324055754/http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200403/05/200403052136537379900090809081.html |archive-date=24 March 2006))</ref> also known by the Japanese reading of his name ((Nihongo|'''Kō Shiyoku'''|洪 思翊)), was a lieutenant general in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] and the top-ranking [[Koreans in Japan|ethnic Korean in Japan]] to be charged with [[Japanese war crimes|war crimes]] relating to the conduct of the [[Empire of Japan]] in [[World War II]].

A graduate of the [[Imperial Japanese Army Academy]], Hong was placed in command of the Japanese camps holding [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] (primarily U.S. and [[Philippines|Filipino]]) prisoners of war in the Philippines during the latter part of World War II, where many of the camp guards were of Korean ethnicity.<ref>((cite book |author=B. V. A Roling and Antonio Cassese |title=The Tokyo Trial and Beyond |publisher=Polity Press |year=1993 |location=Oxford, UK |page=76))</ref>

Hong was held responsible for all the atrocities committed by Imperial Japanese Army prison guards against Allied POWs in Philippines, and was hanged in 1946.<ref name="Kim">((cite journal|author=Kim, Young-Sik, Ph.D.|title=The US-Korea relations: 1910–1945: A brief history of the US-Korea relations prior to 1945|publisher=Association for Asian Research|url=http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1624.html|year=2003|access-date=25 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011174056/http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1624.html|archive-date=11 October 2006|url-status=dead))</ref>

==Early career==
Hong, a member of the [[Namyang Hong clan]], was born in 1889 to a ''[[yangban]]'' family in [[Anseong]], [[Gyeonggi Province]], [[Joseon]]. In 1905, when the [[Eulsa Treaty]] was signed, he entered the [[military academy]] of the [[Empire of Korea|Korean Empire]]. With the abolition of the academy in 1909, he transferred to Japan's ((nihongo|Central Military Preparatory School|陸軍中央幼年学校|Rikugun Chūō Yōnen Gakkō)) as a government-financed student along with [[Yi Un|Crown Prince Yi Un]] on the orders of dethroned [[Gojong of Korea|Emperor Gojong]].((citation needed|date=June 2017))

Soon after, he advanced to the Imperial Japanese Army Academy. At that time, there were several students from the Empire of Korea enrolled at the military academy, and with the 1910 annexation of Korea by Japan, a few left the Academy to join the movements for Korean independence, but most followed the lead of [[Ji Cheong-cheon]], who argued that they should leave to fight only after having studied and developed their skills. A few, such as Hong, attempted to stay aloof from either movement, and largely parted ways with their classmates.<ref name="Chun"/>

In 1914, Hong graduated in the 26th class of the Academy and was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Imperial Japanese Army, and in 1923 graduated from the [[Army War College (Japan)|Army War College]].((citation needed|date=June 2017)) However, despite this, he secretly maintained his friendship with Ji and other anti-Japanese activists in the Korean Liberation Army, and even supported Ji's family with his own funds, an action which could have put Hong himself in danger if he made even a small mistake.<ref name="Chun"/>

==Rising through the ranks==
[[File:Hong Sa-ik 1930s.jpg|thumb|upright|Hong as a Major]]
With the implementation of the ''[[sōshi-kaimei]]'' policy, Hong was under strong pressure to change his Korean name to a Japanese-style name, but he ignored the pressure and in the end did not change his name and kept his surname as Hong.

Hong continued to demonstrate exceptional ability and was rapidly promoted through the ranks, eventually rising to the rank of [[lieutenant general]]. From 1939–40, he was with the [[China Expeditionary Army]]. From 1940–41, he was assigned to the 1st Depot Division, and in 1941, he became the commander of the IJA 108th Infantry Brigade as a major general.

In March 1944, he went to the Philippines to command all [[prisoner-of-war camp]]s. He was promoted to [[lieutenant general]] in October of the same year, and remained in the Philippines under the 14th Area Army until the cessation of hostilities.

==Trial and execution==
After the war, Hong was tried in [[Manila]] before a military tribunal by the Allies over the conduct of his prison guards while he was commandant.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/yamashita2.htm |title=Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, United States Military Commission Manila |access-date=2007-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522080056/http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/yamashita2.htm |archive-date=2011-05-22 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The Manila tribunal sentenced Hong to death as a war criminal on 18 April 1946.<ref>[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/yamashita6.htm Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, United States Military Commission Manila] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208093731/http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/yamashita6.htm|date=8 December 2006))</ref> He was executed by hanging on 28 September 1946. Hong, who converted to Christianity while in custody, asked a clergyman to read Psalm 51 from the Bible in his final moments.<ref>((Cite web |date=2006-03-24 |title=INSIDE JoongAng Daily |url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200403/05/200403052136537379900090809081.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324055754/http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200403/05/200403052136537379900090809081.html |archive-date=2006-03-24 ))</ref>
[[File:홍사익.jpg|thumb|Hong (right) at his war crimes trial in 1946]]

==Later views==
After Korea regained its independence, Hong's family became the target of blame and ostracism by various factions in Korea. His eldest son, Hong Guk-seon, graduated from Japan's [[Waseda University]] and afterwards worked in the [[Bank of Korea (1909–1950)|Bank of Chōsen]], but was removed from his position on the orders of [[Syngman Rhee]]. He and his mother, Hong's widow, later emigrated to the United States.<ref name="Lee">Lee Gyu-Tae, quoted by ((cite journal|author=Kim, Young-Sik, Ph.D.|title=The US-Korea relations: 1910–1945: A brief history of the US-Korea relations prior to 1945|publisher=Association for Asian Research|url=http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1624.html|year=2003|access-date=25 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011174056/http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1624.html|archive-date=11 October 2006|url-status=dead))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chinilpa]]

==Bibliography==
* ((cite book|last=Yamamoto|first=Shichihei|title=洪思翊中将の処刑 (The execution of General Hong Sa Ik)|date=October 2006|publisher=Chikuma Shobo|location=Japan))
*((cite web|last=Ammenthorp|first=Steen|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Kou/Shiyoku/Japan.html|title=Kou, Shiyoku|work=The Generals of World War II|access-date=6 June 2017))

==References==
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