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... External conflict was brought in by the intervention of the United States and the Soviet Union who wanted to reconstruct the Korean society. However, because the Korean environment was unlike that of Japans, the result was unexpectedly different.(1) With the implementation of the communist regime of Soviet Russia by Kim Il Sung and the democratic one of the United States by Syngman Rhee, two opposing governments eventually came to power and the opposite and conflicting ideologies led to civil war. ... The first agreement between the United States and Russia was the arbitrary division of the country into the North and South so as to have equal influence in the changes of Korean society. ... (3) Furthermore, an American-Soviet conference was planned for March 1946, to discuss the implementation of a provisional Korean government. ... It declared: (6)
The Korean question бн is primarily a matter for the Korean people themselves and concerns their freedom and independence, and this question cannot be correctly and fairly resolved without the participation of representatives of the indigenous population.(7)
Quickly the United Nations Temporary Korean Commission was created under which general elections were to be held. ... The diverging principals were resulting in chaotic behaviour among the Korean people.(8)
North Korea and Soviet Russia
Meanwhile in July 1945, the North Korean Democratic Peoples Front was formed, alongside the communist oriented North Korean Labor Party. ... The ideologies of Soviet Russia and communism were the new pillars upon which the North Korean society was rebuilt. ... Production increased and the North Korean economy started to turn around. ... When the Americans handed the negotiations of qualification for possible candidates for the Korean provisional government to the U. ... (14) A possible reason for rejecting Russias proposal could be if it had been accepted, the Korean government most likely would have become communist due to the order and economic growth that the North Korean regime had already established. ... (16) The American governments comments on the newly established Korean government were:
It is the view of the United States government that the Korean government so established is entitled to be regarded as the Government of Korea envisaged by the General Assembly resolution of November 14, 1947. ... Syngman Rhee in the South, both decided that their government, because it was recognized as the Korean government by different countries, ruled over all of Korea. ... (18)
The Rise of Kim Il-sung: Leader of The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
The leader of The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Kim Il-sung, took his name from a legendary Korean guerilla who, like himself, had fought the Japanese. ... On October 15, the North Korean Bureau was instituted and Kim Il-sung became the First Secretary of the 4,530 member group. ... In February 1946, the North Korean Provisional Peoples Committee replaced the Five Provinces Administration Bureau and became the central government of North Korea: Kim Il-sung became the chairman. By August 1946, the group had merged with the New Peoples Party, renamed themselves The North Korean Workers Party, and within a year their affiliates totaled more than half a million. ... (22)
The Rise of Syngman Rhee, Leader of The Republic of Korea
In 1945, the majority of Koreans did not hold right-wing political ideologies. ... Due to the looming communism, the Americans tried to disperse the Korean Peoples Republic and The Peoples Committees but in opposition to the Americans attempts, by 1947, a guerilla war had developed in South Korea.
Approximate Word count = 2790
Approximate Pages = 11.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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