EAST 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Korea Independence Party, Yongsan Garrison, United States Department Of State

• School: McGill University
• Department: Asian Language & Literature
• Course: EAST 213
• Professor: Michelle Cho

Document Summary

1951-53: continueing war of attrition and signing of armstrice. Population displacement- war mobilization sent millions of koreans from their homes. Overcrowded cities: rural migrants and returnees: landless peasants, factory workers, and returnees from across former japanese territories. Political factionalism: no broad coalition of nationalists to assume leadership of korean people. Members of korean independence party return from exile in china. Kim ll sung and manchurian guerrillas return with the soviet army in the north. Us troops stationed in south korea- usfk (unites states forces korea) Peaked in years of korean war (1950-53) Headquarters- yongsan garrison: 620 acres in the center of seoul. Grassroots korea(cid:374) people"s repu(cid:271)li(cid:272)- emerged in the weeks following japanese surrender, before arrival of us forces. Committee for the preparation of korean independence (cpki) Lo(cid:272)al cpki orga(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:862)peoples (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)ittees(cid:863) (cid:894)i(cid:374)i(cid:373)i(cid:374) wiwohoe) (105-106) Recognized the authority of the peoples committees. Stayed in the background at local level while directing events at the center.