Korean Volunteer Corps

Korean Volunteer Corps
조선의용대
朝鮮義勇隊
FounderKim Won-bong, Choi Chang-ik
Dates of operation1938 to 1941
HeadquartersWuhan
Size330 (1940)
Part ofKorean National Revolutionary Party
Korean National Vanguard Alliance
Allies Republic of China (1912–1949)
Opponents Empire of Japan

The Korean Volunteer Corps (Korean: 조선의용대), alternatively the Korean Volunteers, Korean Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, or the International Brigade was a militant Korean independence activist army founded in Hankou, Hubei, Republic of China on October 10, 1938.

It operated under the leadership of General Kim Won-bong as the Korean National Revolutionary Party's military organization. It was classified as an organization under the Korean National Vanguard Alliance. The Korean Volunteer Corps was incorporated into the Korean Liberation Army.