Timeline of Japan-South Korea relations

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A timeline of Japan-South Korea relations.

Year Date Event
1945 August 10 Japan surrenders to Allied forces, relinquishing control over Korean territory.
1945 September 8 Korea is administered by United States Army Military Government in Korea. And, a lot of Japanese systems were released.
1948 August 13 First Republic of South Korea officially established. Republic is Allied strongly with the United States, and opposing both North Korean and Japanese interests[1]
1948 During the Cheju Uprising, a large group of South Korean refugees escape to Japan.
1950s During the Korean War, some South Korean refugees escape to Japan.
1952 January 18 The South Korean president Syngman Rhee declared Syngman Rhee line.
3,929 Japanese fishermen were captured, and 44 Japanese were killed by South Korea Navy.
1965 June 22 Japan and South Korea signed Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
1981 January 11 Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro visited South Korea.
1991 August 11 Asahi Shinbun reports the discovery of "Kim Hak-soon", an alleged Comfort Woman from South Korea[2]
1991 December 6 Japanese Socialist Mizuho Fukushima leads five alleged Comfort Women in attempt to sue the Japanese Government.[3]
1995 August 15 The public office building of Governor-General of Korea in Seoul was dismantled by Kim Young-sam.
1997 December The Asian financial crisis hits the South Korean economy hard. Japan offers 10 billion dollars in support[2]
2002 May 31 Japan and South Korea co-host the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
2003 March 16 The assembly in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, enacts "Takeshima Day". Decision met with opposition in South Korea.[3]
2003 March 31 South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations strongly opposes Japan's participation as a permanent member of United Nations Security Council [4][5].

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  1. ^ # Yang, Sung Chul (1999). The North and South Korean political systems: A comparative analysis (rev. ed.). Seoul: Hollym. ISBN 1-56591-105-9
  2. ^ 『元朝鮮人従軍慰安婦 戦後半世紀重い口開く (ソウル10日発 植村隆[1])』
  3. ^ 韓国・遺族会裁判の最高裁判決言渡 (Japanese) (Nov 29). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.