On this day, 9 September 1945, in the wake of World War II, the US occupation administration in South Korea announced that the Japanese colonial government would remain intact. After massive outcry, they replaced some Japanese bureaucrats with Americans, but enlisted the deposed Japanese officials as “advisers”.
Learn more about post-war South Korean history in our podcast episode 51: https://workingclasshistory.com/2021/03/24/e51-jeon-tae-il-and-lee-so-sun/
Pictured: a Korean protest against the US and Soviet trusteeship arrangement https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1803690129816129/?type=3