the last time korea was united as measured by the time that the committees were co-opted in the north was december 12, 1945.
the last time korea was united as measured by the time that the committees were co-opted in the north was december 12, 1945.
when was the last time korea was united as measured by the time that the committees were co-opted in the north?
december 12, 1945
once this was accomplished, the soviet occupation forces directly integrated the people's committees into the nascent dprk. they did this by creating the provisional people's committee for north korea (ppcnk) in february 1946. the ppcnk would be a counsel of all of the pcs throughout the northern provinces and would form the nucleus of the future dprk. however, this was not a legitimization of the power of the pcs. the people's committees, once brought under heel by the soviet occupation forces, were lumped into the state apparatus after being purged of potential reactionaries and subjected to stalinist style one-candidate elections. the completion of this process by early 1946 is illustrated by the fact that pcs were being used as apparatuses for seizing tax in kind. since such taxes were one of the most hated aspects of the colonial administration, the trappings of which the pcs tried to erase, this activity on the part of the people's committees would represent complete loss of popular control. thereafter, their appearance of populist action and democratic involvement was important in maintaining the electoral facade in the early democratic people's republic of korea, but had little further effect on the state of north korea.
people's committee (postwar korea)
south korea at the 1948 summer olympics









































korea competed in the summer olympic games in london, united kingdom. it was the first time korea competed as an independent country. the korean olympic committee, established in 1946 and recognized in 1947, represented only south korea although the division of korea was not fully realized at the time of the 1948 games.









































korea won two bronze medals, putting it at the 32nd rank of competing nations.









































section::::medalists.









































section::::medalists.:bronze.









































bullet::::- han soo-ann — boxing, men's flyweight









































bullet::::- kim sung-jip — weightlifting, men's middleweight









































section::::results and competitors by event.









































section::::results and competitors by event.:athletics.
south korea at the 1948 summer olympics