By Kim Chi-seul
The early 20th century represents a dark age for Korea. It was during the first 10 years that Korea lost diplomatic power, and finally its autonomy, to Japan.
Ahn Jun-geun, with the severed fourth finger and the assassination of Hirobumi Ito, seemingly symbolized these dark times and the fight for independence from Japan. However, this is but a piece of the whole puzzle. It is in recent times that light has been shed on the whole of Ahn's ideology which underlies his actions as an independence activist.
Awaiting execution for the assassination, Ahn started on the book, ``On Peace in East Asia,'' which lets us take a glimpse at this