georgephillip
Diamond Member
By August of 1945, after 35 years of Japanese rule, the majority of Korean people had their own plans for the future of Korea, and it isn't likely re-occupation by foreign forces ranked high on any Korean's list."The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government organized to take over control of Korea after the Surrender of Japan at the end of the Pacific War. It operated as the government in late August and early September 1945 until the United States Army Military Government in Korea was established by the United States. After that it operated unofficially, and in opposition to the United States Military Government, until it was forcibly dissolved in January 1946."
People's Republic of Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Your irrational obsequiousness toward the greatest purveyor of violence on the face of the planet today blinds you to historical reality.
It was organized by whom? Not by the majority of the Korean people because that could only happen through free and fair elections and the Soviets refused to allow that to happen in the North. In fact, these people had no legitimate claim to organize a government for Korea and when they did run for office in the 1948 UN monitored elections the Korean people rejected them.
General Abe Nobuyuki was the last Japanese Governor-General of Korea, and he had been in contact with with numerous influential Koreans since the beginning of August to transfer power to the Koreans.
On August 15, 1945, Lyuh Woon Hyung, "a moderate left wing politician, agreed to take over."
"He was in charge of preparing the creation of a new country and worked hard to build governmental structures. On September 6, 1945, a congress of representatives was convened in Seoul.
"The foundation of a modern Korean state took place just three weeks after Japan's capitulation.
"The government was predominantly left wing; many of those who had resisted Japanese rule identified with Communism's views on imperialism and colonialism."
Division of Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to his Wiki entry, Yuh "is rare among politicians in modern Korean history in that he is revered in both South and North Korea."