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{{History of Korea}}
The '''Korean independence movement''' was a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve the independence of [[Korea]] from [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]. After the Japanese [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910|annexation of Korea]] in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance has peaked in
After the outbreak of the [[Pacific War]], China became one of the [[Allies of World War II]]. In the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], China attempted to use this influence to assert Allied recognition of the KPG. However, the United States was skeptical of Korean unity and readiness for independence, preferring an international [[trusteeship]]-like solution for the peninsula. Although China achieved agreement by the Allies on eventual Korean independence in the [[1943 Cairo Declaration|Cairo Declaration]] of 1943, continued disagreement and ambiguity about the postwar Korean government lasted until [[Soviet–Japanese War]] created a ''de facto'' [[division of Korea]] into Soviet and American zones, prompting the [[Korean War]].
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