The document has also been called the Korean Young People's Independence Declaration (조선청년독립선언).

[3][1] Resistance from within the Empire began to increase after United States president Woodrow Wilson proclaimed self-determination to be a part of his Fourteen Points to promote global peace.

[3][2] In February 2023, the Independence Hall of Korea announced that an original handwritten English copy of the document had been found.

The document was found in materials lent in 2019 by the Korean National Association Memorial Foundation in Los Angeles, United States.

[2] The Independence Hall planned to show around 32 original copies of the Declaration in an exhibit for the 104th anniversary of the March 1st Movement.