Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
| Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 대한민국 임시정부 (大韓民國臨時政府) |
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| Government in exile | ||||
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| Capital | Seoul (capital de jure) | |||
| Capital-in-exile | Shanghai, later Chongqing | |||
| Language(s) | Korean | |||
| Government | Presidential republic (1919-1925) (1940-1948) Parliamentary republic(1925-1940) |
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| 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 | |||
| - Nationwide civil resistance | March 1, 1919 | |||
| - Constitution | April 11, 1919 | |||
| - Government proclaimed | April 13, 1919 | |||
| - Hongkou Park Incident | April 29, 1932 | |||
| - War declared upon Axis | December 10, 1941 | |||
| - Surrender of Japan | August 15, 1945 | |||
| - Established of Republic of Korea | August 15, 1948 | |||
| - DPRK established | September 9, 1948 | |||
| Currency | Won[citation needed] | |||
| Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |
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| Hangul | 대한민국임시정부 |
| Hanja | 大韓民國臨時政府 |
| Revised Romanization | Daehanmin(-)guk Imsijeongbu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taehanmin'guk Imsijŏngbu |
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The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was the partially recognised government in exile of Korea, based in Shanghai, China, and later in Chongqing, during the Colonial Korea.
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The government was formed on April 13, 1919, shortly after the March 1st movement of the same year during the Japanese colonial rule of the Korean peninsula.[1]
The government did not gain formal recognition from world powers, though a 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 resisted the colonial rule of Korea that lasted from 1910 to 1945. They coordinated the armed resistance against the Japanese imperial 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 many if not all Korean resistance groups in exile. The government duly declared war against the Axis powers Japan and Germany on December 9, 1941, and the Liberation Army took part in allied action in China and parts of Southeast Asia.
During World War II, the Korean Liberation Army was preparing an assault against the Imperial Japanese forces 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 September 2, 1945.
The sites of the Provisional Government in Shanghai and Chongqing have been preserved as museums.
[edit] List of presidents of the Republic
- Syngman Rhee (September 11, 1919 - March 21, 1925)-Impeached by the Provisional Assembly
- Park Eunsik (March 24, 1925 – September 1925)
- Yi Sang-ryong (September 1925 – January 1926)
- Yi Dongnyeong (January 1926 – July 7, 1926)
- Hong Jin (July 7, 1926 – December 9, 1926)
- Kim Gu (December 9, 1926 – August 1927)
- Yi Dongnyeong (August 1927 – October 1933)
- Yang Gi-tak (October 1933 – October 1935)
- Yi Dongnyeong (October 1935 – 1940)
- Kim Gu (1940 – July 24, 1948)
- Syngman Rhee (first president of the Republic of Korea, July 24, 1948 - April 26, 1960)
[edit] Gallery
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Photo for memorial of establishing Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, 1919.
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The museum in Chongqing, China.
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Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea site in Shanghai.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
