By this time, the Japanese had become fairly successful at
detecting and destroying underground resistance groups. However,
they were not successful in quelling the desire for freedom and
self-government among the Korean people. The resistance groups
moved further underground and guerilla raids from the
independence groups in Manchuria and Siberia increased. The
Japanese stepped up their assault on the Korean school system
and other nationalistic movements. After the passage of an
Education Act in 1911 the Japanese began to close all Korean
schools. In 1913, the Tae- Song School was forced to close, and,
by 1914, virtually all Korean schools had been shut down. This
all but completed the Japanese campaign of cultural genocide.
Chances of any part of the Korean culture surviving rested in
the hands of the few dedicated patriots working in exile outside
of Korea. When Japanese governor-general Hirobumi Itoho was
assassinated by Ahn Choong-gun (1879 - 1910), an independence
fighter, Japan tightened its grip on K