Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

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대한민국임시정부 (大韓民國臨時政府) Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Government in exile ← 1919–1948 →   → Taegeukgi Anthem Aegukga Capital Seoul Capital-in-exile Shanghai, later Chongqing Language(s) Korean Government Presidential republic (1919-1925) (1940-1948) Parliamentary republic(1925-1940) President  - 1919-1925 Syngman Rhee  - 1927-1933 and 　1935-1940 Yi Dongnyeong  - 1926-1927 and 　1940-1948 Kim Gu Prime Minister  - 1919-1921 Yi Donghwi  - 1924-1925 Park Eunsik  - 1944-1945 Kim Kyu-sik Historical era Early 20th Century  - Independence declared March 1, 1919  - Constitution April 11, 1919 1919  - Government proclaimed April 13, 1919  - Shanghai Attack April 29, 1932  - War declared upon Axis December 10, 1941  - Liberation August 15, 1945  - ROK established August 15, 1948 1948  - DPRK established September 9, 1948 Currency Won

Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
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The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a government in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing, during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

The Government was formed on April 13, 1919, following the Korean Declaration of Independence during the March 1st movement of the same year.^[1]

The government did not gain formal recognition from world powers, though modest form of recognition was given from the Nationalist Government of China and a number of other governments, most of whom were in exile themselves.

The Government strived for the liberation of Korea from Japanese annexation that lasted from 1910 to 1945. They coordinated the armed resistance against the Japanese army during the 1920s and 1930s, including the Battle of Chingshanli in October, 1920 and the assault on Japanese military leadership in Shanghai in April 1932.

This struggle culminated in the formation of Korean Liberation Army in 1940, bringing together the Korean resistance groups in exile.^{[citation needed]}, and the Liberation Army took part in allied action in China and parts of Southeast Asia.

Prior to the end of World War II, the Korean Liberation Army was preparing an assault against the Japanese in Korea in conjunction with American Office of Strategic Services, but the Japanese surrender prevented the execution of the plan. The government's goal was achieved with Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945.

The preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea recognises the Provisional Government as the legal regime of the period between 1919 and 1948.

The sites of the Provisional Government in Shanghai and Chongqing have been turned into museums.

[edit] Presidents of the Republic

1. Syngman Rhee (September 11, 1919 - March 21, 1925)
2. Park Eunsik (March 24 1925 - September 1925)
3. Yi Sang-ryong (September 1925 - January 1926)
4. Yi Dongnyeong (January 1926 - July 7, 1926)
5. Hong Jin (July 7, 1926 - December 9, 1926)
6. Kim Gu (December 9, 1926 - August 1927)
7. Yi Dongnyeong (August 1927 - 1930)
8. Yi Dongnyeong (1930 - 1933)
9. Yang Gi-tak (October 1933 - October 1935)
10. Yi Dongnyeong (October 1935 - 1939)
11. Yi Dongnyeong (1939 - 1940)
12. Kim Gu (1940 - April 1944)
13. Kim Gu (April 1944 - July 24, 1948)

[edit] See also

• History of South Korea
• Korean independence movements

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Sources of Korean Tradition, vol. 2, From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, edited by Yŏngho Ch'oe, Peter H. Lee, and Wm. Theodore de Bary, Introduction to Asian Civilizations (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000), 336.