Meritorious Service Record

In March 1942, as the President of the Legislative Yuan of the Chinese Nationalist Government, Sun Ke (Sun Fo) formally appealed to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, advocating for the independence of India, Vietnam, Korea, and the Philippines. Regarding Sino-Korean relations, he emphasized, “China and Korea share a deep relationship spanning 4,000 years, characterized by close diplomatic and cultural exchanges. In recent years, China has not only resolved to support Korea’s independence movement but also regards Korea as a brotherly nation in our common resistance against Japan.” He strongly promoted the idea of a Sino-Korean alliance in the anti-Japanese struggle.
In April 1942, he publicly declared at a mass gathering in China that Korea must achieve absolute independence and that recognizing the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a natural course of action for China. In October of the same year, he became the president of the Sino-Korean Cultural Association (韓中文化協會) and continued to advocate for Korean independence and official recognition of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
In July 1944, during an event organized by the Sino-Korean Cultural Association that hosted key figures from the Korean Provisional Government, Sun Ke delivered a welcoming address, stating, “The Allied nations must swiftly recognize the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in order to strengthen the Allied forces’ operational capacity against Japan.”
The South Korean government awarded him the Order of Merit for National Foundation (Presidential Medal) in 1970.