Background
Jae-chang was born 1866 In Bosong in South Jeolla Province. He was the fourth son of Seo Kwang-ho, governor of Dongbok County and Lady Lee of Seongju.
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Career
In 1884 he was a participant in the Gapsin coup. The coup failed and he was arrested and executed. Seo was a younger brother of Seo Jae-pil.
He had two sisters.
He studyied in Japan, recommended by Yu Dae-chi and Lee Dong-in. Jae-chang studied sericulture and military science. Later he returned to his country.
In 1884 he adopted a distant relation Seo Sang-wu"s adopted son.
In January to July, 1884, he returned to Japan. In October, they undertook the Gapsin coup in Seoul.
Queen Myeongseong mobilized Qing dynasty forces, who killed Hong Young-sik and Park Yeong-kyo in battle. The coup failed. In October 21, Jae-chang escaped, but was seized by the Chinese.
He was sent to Seoul prison of Uikeumbu(의금부;義禁府).
On December 13, he was executed by firing squad, Gungigam(군기감;軍器監) in Seoul. His family was arrested and to imprisonment, with some committing suicide. Only Jae-pil escaped on a Japanese boat to exile in Tokyo.
Membership
He was a member of the reformist Party(개화당;開化黨). He entered a Toyama military school with Jae-pil, but in July he went to Seoul to plan a revolt with Kim Ok-kyun, Park Yeong-hyo and other members of Reformist Partys, Hong Yeong-sik, Park Yeong-kyo, Yun Chi-ho, Yun Ung-ryeol, Jae-pil and his father"s fifth cousin Seo Kwang-pum.
