Southern Korea

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geopolitical region historical region

Southern Korea refers to the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula that came under U.S. military administration after World War II and later became the territory of the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Southern Korea canonical 2
southern Korea 2
postwar South Korea 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredBy United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allied occupation of Korea ⓘ
surface form: South Korean occupation zone

U.S. occupation zone in Korea ⓘ
borderDefinedBy 38th parallel north ⓘ
borderedBy North Korea ⓘ
surface form: Northern Korea
capitalDuringUSAdministration Seoul ⓘ
coastOn Korea Strait ⓘ
Sea of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Yellow Sea ⓘ
countryPredecessor South Korea ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Korea

South Korea ⓘ
currencyUsed South Korean won ⓘ
surface form: Korean won
dateOfRepublicEstablishment 1948-08-15 ⓘ
demilitarizedBoundaryLaterReplacedBy Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
divisionResultOf Allied agreements at the end of World War II ⓘ
endTime 1948-08-15 ⓘ
formerTerritoryOf Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
governingAuthority United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
historicalEvent Allied occupation of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Division of Korea

Allied occupation of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Korean Peninsula occupation after World War II
historicalPeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
languageUsed Korean language ⓘ
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
militaryPresence United States Armed Forces ⓘ
occupationBeganAfter Japanese surrender in World War II ⓘ
partOf Allied occupation of Korea ⓘ
partOfFormerEntity Korea ⓘ
politicalSystemDuringUSAdministration military government ⓘ
precedes establishment of the Republic of Korea ⓘ
preWarContinuityWith territory of South Korea ⓘ
regionIncludes Busan ⓘ
Daegu ⓘ
Incheon ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
relatedConflict Korean War ⓘ
scriptUsed Hangul ⓘ
separatedFrom North Korea ⓘ
surface form: Northern Korea
startTime 1945-09-08 ⓘ
successorState South Korea ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Korea

South Korea ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USAMGIK → appliesToTerritory → Southern Korea ⓘ
Military Governor of Korea → appliesToJurisdiction → Southern Korea ⓘ
Korean yen (early period) → usedIn → Southern Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Korea
Korean yen (early period) → currencyOf → Southern Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Korea
Chang Myon → era → Southern Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: postwar South Korea