Korea in 1949

In the year after the government's founding, the state continued to build its institutions, enacting the Farmland Reform Act and creating an air force. But a police raid on the special committee investigating collaborators derailed the reckoning with the colonial past, and the National Assembly 'fraction' case and Kim Ku's assassination heightened political tension.

The year in Korea

May 20Prosecutors arrested sitting lawmakers on charges of acting as Workers' Party agents, beginning the National Assembly 'fraction' case. [Source]
Jun 5The Bodo League was formed to monitor and control former leftists. [Source]
Jun 6Armed police raided the headquarters of the Special Committee for Investigation of Anti-National Activities and arrested its staff. [Source]
Jun 21The Farmland Reform Act, redistributing farmland to farmers with compensation, was enacted. [Source]
Jun 26Kim Ku was shot dead by army lieutenant An Doo-hee at his residence, Gyeonggyojang, in Seoul. [Source]
Oct 1The Republic of Korea Air Force was founded, built on the army's aviation unit. [Source]

**Demonstration in support of the US-Soviet Joint Commission1**Photo: Korean People Journal · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Around the world

Apr 4The United States and Western European nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, creating NATO. [Source]
Oct 1Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. [Source]

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Sources

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