South Korean independence



South Korea became independent with the name REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK), 대한민국 August 15, 1945
North Korea became independent under the name DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) 조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 9 September 1945
On August 15, 1945, Japan declared unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces and the independence that Korea had long hoped would finally arrive. 


On that day, the country's leaders, including Yeo Un-hyeong, formed a Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the Korean State. Various activities were held throughout the country to support the preparation. Freedom fighters who fought overseas returned to Korea.


The United States requested assistance from the United Nations in September 1947 regarding the subsequent fate of South Korea. The UN General Assembly made a resolution in November to form and send the UNTCOK (United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea) or the United Nations Interim Commission in Korea to hold elections and design an official government to end foreign occupation of Korea. The Korean people want an end to foreign occupation of their country as soon as possible and support the UN plan. This plan was also supported by nationalist figures such as Syngman Rhee and his supporters.


Elections were held on May 10, 1948. On August 15, 1948, the Republic of Korea was legally established. Syngman Rhee took the oath of office as the first president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Meanwhile, North Korea began implementing plans under the Soviet Union and appointed Kim Il-sung as president of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (RRDK) in September 1948.


However, the United States has plans to divide the Korean Peninsula along the 38th parallel into two zones of military operations for the United States and the Soviet Union. Furthermore, the US plan actually is not to make Korea an independent country as soon as possible after independence. In fact, Roosevelt wanted to make Korea a country under Allied Trusteeship for 35 years after being freed from Japan.


General R.Hodge, the US commander in Korea, mobilized the US Army Military Government and made southern Korea an area under US military rule. The Korean people are very disappointed and furious. Their feelings of sympathy for the United States were immediately cold.





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