Southern Korea

E300041

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).

All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredBy United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs South Korean occupation zone ⓘ
U.S. occupation zone in Korea ⓘ
borderDefinedBy 38th parallel north ⓘ
borderedBy Northern Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea
capitalDuringUSAdministration Seoul ⓘ
coastOn Korea Strait ⓘ
Sea of Japan (East Sea) ⓘ
linked to: Sea of Japan

Yellow Sea ⓘ
countryPredecessor Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea

South Korea ⓘ
currencyUsed Korean won ⓘ
linked to: South 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 Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
governingAuthority United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
historicalEvent Division of Korea ⓘ
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 Northern Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea
startTime 1945-09-08 ⓘ
successorState Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea

South Korea ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

USAMGIK → appliesToTerritory → Southern Korea ⓘ
Korean yen (early period) → usedIn → southern Korea ⓘ
linked to: Southern Korea
Korean yen (early period) → currencyOf → southern Korea ⓘ
linked to: Southern Korea
Chang Myon → era → postwar South Korea ⓘ
linked to: Southern Korea