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Samil Independence Movement
The Korean coalition resisted Japanese occupation, on this day they proclaimed their independence from Japan. -
Liberation Day
United States and the Soviet Union, as a result of Japan's surrender in WWII, liberated Korea from the Imperial Japanese colonial rule. -
Division of Korea
As a result of WWII foreign ministers from the Allied nations of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain agreed to divide Korea into two separate occupation zones and to govern the nation for five years -
South Korean Independence
The government of South Korea was officially founded. -
Korean War
The beginning of the Korean war. Communist North Korea invaded Democratic South. -
End of Korean War?
An armistice was signed by the United Nations, Korea and China to stop the war but it has not officially ended because a peace treaty has not yet been signed. -
SEATO
The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty created the Southwest Asia Treaty Organization to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. -
Korean Stock Exchange
The first Korean Stock Exchange was opened -
Peace Treaty
Japan signed a peace treaty with South Korea paying $500 million in compensation for wartime excesses, colonial era claims and claims for the women used as sex slaves by the Japanese. -
Samsung
Samsung Electronics were created, beginning with transistor radios. -
Hyundai
Hyundai began to work in the Korean town of Ulsan on a shipyard.
