The Korean independence movement was a series of diplomatic and militant efforts to liberate Korea from Japanese rule.

Beginning in 1939 and during World War II, Japan mobilized around 5.4 million Koreans to support its war effort. Many were moved forcefully from their homes, ...

On August 15, 1945, Koreans finally received what they had looked forward to for so long: the country's liberation as a result of Japan's surrender in the ...

7 дней назад · A turning point in Korea's resistance movement came on March 1, 1919, when nationwide anti-Japanese rallies were staged. The former emperor, ...

Korea, though under Japanese rule, had attempted to send delegates to the Peace Conference and had transmitted a declaration of independence to President Wilson ...

March First Movement, series of demonstrations for Korean national independence from Japan that began on March 1, 1919, in the Korean capital city of Seoul.

The reading of the Korean Declaration of Independence that fateful day in the beginning of March sparked public protest against Japanese occupation. Japanese ...

Koreans hold mass protests against Japanese colonial rule in front of the traditional gate Gwanghwamun in Seoul. Drawing Global Attention. The March First ...

There were factions fighting against the Japanese Empire with the Soviet Union's Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party. The socialist-leaning Korean ...

In 1953 the United States and South Korea signed a mutual security treaty designed to protect this new nation from its neighbor to the north.