People's Republic of Korea
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The People's Republic of Korea (PRK; Korean: 조선인민공화국) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized at the time of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II. It was proclaimed on 6 September 1945, as Korea was being divided into two occupation zones, with the Soviet Union occupying the north and the United States occupying the south. Based on a network of people's committees, it presented a program of radical social change.
People's Republic of Korea | |||||||||||||
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1945–1946 | |||||||||||||
Motto: 자주독립국가 Chaju dongnip kukka "Self-reliant and independent state" | |||||||||||||
Anthem: 애국가 Aegukka "The Patriotic Song" | |||||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Seoul | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Korean | ||||||||||||
Government | Unitary socialist republic under a provisional government | ||||||||||||
Chairman of the National People's Representative Conference | |||||||||||||
• 1945–1946 | Lyuh Woon-hyung | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||||
15 August 1945 | |||||||||||||
24 August 1945 | |||||||||||||
9 September 1945 | |||||||||||||
• PRK outlawed in the South | 12 December 1945 | ||||||||||||
• Committees co-opted in the North | 8 February 1946 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Korean won | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | North Korea South Korea |
People's Republic of Korea | |
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Revised Romanization | Joseon Inmin Gonghwaguk |
McCune–Reischauer | Chosŏn Inmin Konghwaguk |
In the south, the US military government outlawed the PRK on 12 December 1945. In the north, the Soviet authorities took over the PRK by installing pro-Soviet Korean communists such as Kim Il-sung into positions of power and incorporated it into the political structure of the emerging Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).[1][2]