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2 days ago · The March 1st Movement [a] was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that were held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919. In South Korea, the movement is remembered as a landmark event of not only the Korean independence movement, but of all of Korean history.
4 days ago · He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Provisional Government of Korea for multiple terms, and a Korean reunification activist after 1945. Kim is revered in South Korea, where he is widely considered one of the greatest figures in Korean history .
3 days ago · The capital is Seoul (Sŏul). After being destroyed by fire in 2008, Seoul's Namdaemun (“Great South Gate”) was restored and reopened in 2013. South Korea faces North Korea across a demilitarized zone (DMZ) 2.5 miles (4 km) wide that was established by the terms of the 1953 armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War (1950–53).
5 days ago · University of Vermont. Citation: Dr Erik Esselstrom, review of Brokers of Empire: Japanese Settler Colonialism in Korea, 1876-1945, (review no. 1431) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1431. Date accessed: 9 May, 2024.
1 day ago · In 1948, the Korean Peninsula was divided between a Soviet-backed government in the north and an American-backed government in the south. This division was a result of the aftermath of World War II, where the Korean peninsula had been under Japanese colonial rule for over three decades. When Japan surrendered in 1945, the Allied forces decided ...
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5 days ago · Korea was liberated from the 36 years of Japanese occupation (1910-1945) after the Japanese Empire unconditionally surrendered in World War II. Many Koreans had fought for independence, but it came suddenly with the victory of the Allied Forces. Soon after, U.S. and Soviet forces came to the Korean peninsula to disarm Japanese troops.
