1946: The Transition of the Kuomintang Government’s Policies towards Korean Immigrants in Northeast China

Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2015, Vol 20, Issue 2

Abstract

Northeast China, which witnessed many controversial incidents, was the arena of Korea, China and Japan in the modern history. Meanwhile, Korean immigrants in Northeast China were the target to be won over by various political powers during the twentieth century. When the World War Ⅱended, nearly five-sixths of Korean immigrants lived in the liberated areas (the Communist Party of China- controlled areas). Some young Korean immigrants were mobilized by the CPC to join the Chinese civil war. To strengthen its reign and gain support, KMT government changed the policies of settling Korean on June 10th of 1946 and established the Northeast Korean Immigrants Department to address the problems in the fields of education, welfare and repatriation in 1947.This paper, with careful analysis of the historical documents, aims to build the ground for future research on the Korean immigrants in Northeast China.

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Muyun Zhang

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  • EP ID EP26422
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.22372/ijkh.2015.20.2.153
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Muyun Zhang (2015). 1946: The Transition of the Kuomintang Government’s Policies towards Korean Immigrants in Northeast China. International Journal of Korean History, 20(2), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-26422