Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
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대한민국 임시 정부 大韓民國 臨時 政府 |
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Daehanminguk Imsijeongbu |
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| Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |||||
| 1919-1948 | |||||
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Motto : 대한 독립 만세 (大韓獨立萬歲 ) Long live the independent Korea! |
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| Official language | Korean | ||||
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Seoul (de jure) capital in exile Shanghai Chongqing |
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| Form of government | republic | ||||
| currency | won | ||||
| founding | April 11, 1919 | ||||
| resolution | August 15, 1948 | ||||
| National anthem |
Aegukga |
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History of Korea from the 10th century |
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| States of imperial unity |
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| Division of Korea |
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The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea ( kor. 대한민국 임시 정부 ) was a government in exile founded on April 11, 1919 . It was proclaimed in Shanghai . Their aim was to organize and enforce Korea's independence from the Japanese Empire , in which Korea had been a colony since 1910 .
history
As a result of the movement of March 1 , 1919, two other governments in exile were founded in addition to the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea founded in Shanghai: one on March 21 in Vladivostok and one on April 21 in Keijō . Under Ahn Chang-ho as mediator, these others merged with the Shanghai one in August. Rhee Syng-man was elected the first president of the government in exile . Kim Gu was also twice president and Kim Kyu-sik was vice president. The Provisional Government had to flee from Shanghai to Hangzhou in 1932 and, after moving several times, finally reached Chongqing in 1940 . This is where the government of the Republic of China around Chiang Kai-shek withdrew in 1938, as a result of the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War .
After independence from Japan in 1945, the Provisional Government withdrew from exile to the Korean Peninsula in the southern part of the country occupied by the US military . Rhee Syng-man was the last president of the government in exile and the first president of the Republic of Korea , founded in 1948 , whose government replaced the Provisional Government.
Korean Liberation Army
The armed arm of the Provisional Government was the Korean Liberation Army ( 한국 광복군 , 韓國 光復 軍 , Hanguk Gwangbokgun), which was founded on September 17, 1940 after moving to Chongqing. On December 9, 1941, war was declared against the Japanese Empire. In 1942, a military agreement was signed with Chinese armed forces with whom joint operations were conducted, followed by an agreement in 1943 with the British armed forces. Among other things, she took part in the fight against the Japanese armed forces on the side of the British troops in Myanmar and India . Leading members of the Liberation Army were Ji Cheong-cheon and Lee Beom-seok , who became its first prime minister after the Republic of Korea was founded.
Web links
- Korean Provisional Government , Encyclopædia Britannica (English)
- The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea , KBS World, April 14, 2009 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Korean Provisional Government." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2012.
- ↑ Provisional Government in Shanghai resisted Colonial Rule , The Korea Times of 28 March 2010 (English).
- ↑ Independent movements in China ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Kim Cheol Museum. Accessed November 1, 2013.
- ↑ Jongsuk Chay (2002): Unequal Partners in Peace & War. Embossers. ISBN 978-0275971250 . Page 26 .
- ^ Korea Institute of Military History (2000): The Korean War: Volume 1 . ISBN 978-0803277946 . Page 6 .
- ^ 2. Movement to Protect National Rights and the Independence Struggle . KBS World . Accessed November 1, 2013.
- ↑ A Ceremony held in memory of General Ji Cheong-Cheon . Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs dated April 15, 2008.
