<P> The constant infighting within the Yi family, the nobles, the confiscation of royal assets, the disbanding of the royal army by the Japanese, the execution of seniors within Korea by Japan, and comprehensive assassinations of Korean royalty by Japanese mercenaries, led to great difficulties in royal descendants and their family groups in finding anything but a partial leadership within the liberation movement . A good many of the Righteous army commanders were linked to the family but these generals and their Righteous army groups were largely eliminated by 1918; and cadet members of the families contributed towards establishing both republics post-1945 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Choe Ik - hyeon </Li> <Li> Min Yeong - hwan </Li> <Li> Shin Dol - seok </Li> <Li> Yi Tjoune </Li> <Li> Yi Wi - jong </Li> </Ul> <Li> Choe Ik - hyeon </Li> <Li> Min Yeong - hwan </Li>

Who was involved in the independence of korea