Famed activist for Korean independence, Ahn Jung-geun is most known for his assassination of Ito Hirobumi, a prime minister of Japan and former resident-general of Korea, in 1909. While Ahn believed in a friendlier relationship between the countries, he felt Ito was responsible for the tension between Korea and Japan, and blamed him for several injustices, including the massacre of Korean civilians, the dissolution of the Korean military and the seizure and burning of textbooks. Ahn was lauded by both Koreans and many Chinese for his actions, as China was also fighting back against Japanese invasion at the time.