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- Recognition, 1949. The United States recognized the Republic of Korea, with its capital at Seoul, as an independent state on January 1, 1949, in a White House statement.
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In 1948, with the end of the U.S. military government, South Korea declared its independence from Japan as the Republic of Korea. In 1952, when Japan approved the independence of the Korean region under the San Francisco Peace Treaty, it became a completely independent and sovereign nation under international law.
Apr 4, 2024 · By the 21st century, South Korea had firmly established itself as a developed country. It joined the OECD in 1996, an acknowledgment of its economic advancement. South Korea’s GDP per capita rose dramatically, and it developed a vibrant cultural industry, exporting K-pop, film, and television dramas worldwide, further enhancing its global ...
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Around A.D. 668, several competing kingdoms were unified into a single dominion on the Korean Peninsula. Successive regimes maintained Korean political and cultural independence for more than a thousand years; the last of these ruling kingdoms would be the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910). After surviving invasions by Japan at the end of the 16th century...
At the outset of the 20th century, Japan, China and Russia vied for control over the Korean Peninsula. Japan emerged the victor, occupying the peninsula in 1905, at the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War and formally annexing it five years later. Over 35 years of colonial rule, Korea became an industrialized country, but its people suffered bruta...
After Japan’s defeat in 1945, the United States and the Soviet Uniondivided the peninsula into two zones of influence. By August 1948, the pro-U.S. Republic of Korea (or South Korea) was established in Seoul, led by the strongly anti-communist Syngman Rhee. In the north, the Soviets installed Kim Il Sung as the first premier of the Democratic Peopl...
South Korea’s declaration of independence in 1950 led North Korea, backed by China and the Soviet Union, to invade its neighbor in an effort to regain control of the entire peninsula. U.S. and United Nations troops fought alongside South Korean forces in the Korean War, which would cost some 2 million lives before it ended in 1953. The armistice ag...
Over the decades to come, South Korea maintained a continued close relationship with the United States, which included military, economic and political support. Though ostensibly a republic, its citizens initially enjoyed limited political freedom, and in 1961 a military coup put General Park Chung-hee into power. In the 1960s and ‘70s, under Park’...
Park was assassinated in 1979, and another general, Chun Doo-hwan took power, putting the country under strict military rule. An armed uprising by students and others to restore democratic rule led to many civilian deaths at the army’s hands. Martial law was lifted in 1981, and Chun was (indirectly) elected president under a new constitution, which...
The reforms of the Sixth Republic came just in time for South Korea to host a successful Summer Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, despite continued student protests and a boycott by North Korea. The 1980s also saw South Korea increasingly shift its economy toward high-tech and computer industries, and improve its relations with the Soviet Union and C...
Kim Young-sam’s successor, Kim Dae-jung(who took office in 1998) would win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his contributions to democracy in South Korea, as well as his so-called “sunshine” policy of economic and humanitarian aid to North Korea. That same year, Kim Dae-jung and his northern counterpart, Kim Jong Il, held an historic summit in Pyo...
Meanwhile, South Korea elected its first female leader, Park Geun-hye(the daughter of Park Chung-hee), in 2013. But in late 2016, she was implicated in a scandal involving corruption, bribery and influence peddling, and the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against her that December. After her impeachment was upheld in March 2017, the ...
Today, South Korea is one of East Asia’s most affluent countries, with an economy ranking just behind Japan and China. With most of the country covered by mountains, a majority of its population is clustered around the urban centers. The capital of South Korea, Seoul, is home to more than 9 million people. In early 2018, South Korea welcomed athlet...
In the past seventy years, the U.S.-South Korea alliance has evolved from a patron-client relationship to a global comprehensive strategic alliance. 1950: The Korean War Begins With North Korea...
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20 hours ago · The First Republic, established in August 1948, adopted a presidential system, and Syngman Rhee was subsequently elected its first president. South Korea also adopted a National Security Law, which effectively prohibited groups that opposed the state or expressions of support for North Korea.
The United States recognized the Republic of Korea, with its capital at Seoul, as an independent state on January 1, 1949, in a White House statement.
History of South Korea, history of South Korea since the Korean War. For a discussion of the earlier history of the Korean peninsula, see Korea. The First Republic, established in August 1948, adopted a presidential system, and Syngman Rhee was subsequently elected its first president.
