People's Republic of Korea (1945–1946)

People's Republic of Korea; 조선인민공화국
	1945–1946
	Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Seoul
Common languages	Korean
Government	Soviet republic
• People's Republic proclaimed	6 September 1945

Not to be confused with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived country on the Korean Peninsula. A network of people's committees founded the PRK on 6 September 1945 after the surrender of Japan and before the U.S. occupation of Korea. Its government consisted of a provisional people's committee of 75 members that planned to organize general elections. On 7 September, Douglas MacArthur arrived in Korea and banned the PRK in order to rule as a military dictator, but it continued to exist in the north, where it redistributed land and nationalized industry. Top Korean guerrilla leaders chose Kim Il-sung as the president of the northern provisional government on 8 February 1946.^[1]

References

↑ Stephen Gowans (2018). Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom: 'The US Occupation' (pp. 80–89). [PDF] Montreal: Baraka Books. ISBN 9781771861427 [LG]

[:1-1] Stephen Gowans (2018). Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom: 'The US Occupation' (pp. 80–89). [PDF] Montreal: Baraka Books. ISBN 9781771861427 [LG]

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