AS AM 100DD Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Syngman Rhee, Ahn Changho, Provisional Government Of The Republic Of Korea
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Richard s. kim - the quest for statehood: chapter 4: Contesting issues of state power in the diaspora. The korean commission was a direct branch of the kpg, empowered by. Syngman rhee to act as the official national representative of koreans in the u. s. Rhee sought to gain full control over the collection of monetary contributions among koreans in the u. s. , and attempted to replace the local autonomy of the kna with the state apparatus of the korean. Commission, but the kna refused to relinquish its local authority over. The kna and the korean commission operated mostly in a u. s. setting within two distinctly different institutional contexts. The kna conducted its activities in the realm of civil society as a self- regulating voluntary association that provided members with a means of collective action in the public sphere. The korean commission exerted its power and authority as the official, bureaucratic, and coercive political apparatus of the state.
