IH KOREAN WAR SOCIAL SCRIPT

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In terms of distribution of resources, the northern and southern
parts of korea were interdependent; industry was concentrated in
the north, while the south was predominantly given over to
agriculture( Japanese divide and rule policy thus the division itself
was not acceptable for the daily lives of the Koreans.
The North needed rice, available only in the South, and the South
needed Northern manufactures.This separated the two economies
which had been linked together in the past. Caused problems in
daily lives of koreans: allowed north to cut off souths electricity at
will)

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US
U.S. military was largely unprepared for the challenge of
administering the country, arriving with no knowledge of the
language or political situation

Waves of refugees from North Korea (estimated at 400,000)

and returnees from abroad also helped to keep the country in
turmoil

Anti-American sentiments
Caused civil unrest and political turmoil, giving north the
confidence to attack it

USSR

Soviet forces had their vice- commanders whose mission was

to handle extra-military matters, including ideological and
political ones

Granted korean communists right to rule over other koreas

Launched massive campaign to impose communist values,

ideologies and system

Garnered support for communism, due to stable government

in North compared to civil unrest in South, headed by the
democratic US.

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OPPOSED FROM START :military government came as a surprise

and disappointment to the Koreans, which caused a high level
of discontent and defiance, especially in the south.
As stated in the previous slide, Soviet military government was
more merciless and sophisticated in dealing with the
disappointed and defiant Koreans. Soviets utilitzed already
present communists headed by kim to launch a huge
campaign to impose communist values, ideology and system.
US made decisions that angered koreans: focused on dealing
with Japan's surrender and the repatriation of Japanese to
Japan. Many Japanese officials remained in office until 1946.

The American military authorities focused on dealing with Japan's

surrender and the repatriation of Japanese to Japan. Little
changed at first in the administration of the south; officials
then serving under the Japanese authorities remained in their
positions..The United States dismissed the Japanese governor
general in the middle of September, but many Japanese
officials stayed in office until 1946. Those decisions angered
many Koreans, as during Colonial rule, Koreans were treated
as second class citizens, as Jie Hui has mentioned earlier.
Thus, they were against having the same Japanese officials
who had suppresed their culture as advisors to the US military
They also Suppressed and Censored popular government,
Peoples Republic of Korea, which had been put in place before US
came. It was eventually outlawed, much to the anger of many
koreans. Instead, the US created an advisory council Korea
Democratic Party (KDP) which mainly consisted of large landowners,
wealthy businesspeople, and former colonial officials. Naturally,
these people would be unable to empathize with troubles of the
lower to middle class koreans, and KOreans did not favour this party.

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Autumn uprising, also known as Daegu riot was Led by peasants
protesting against US military government policies, campaigning for
better working conditions, higher wages, the right to organize, and
the release of political prisoners.They stoned the police and yelled
out Kill the police! In response to the raid, police shot and killed
factory workers. all in all, death of 38 policemen, 163 civil workers,
and 73 civilians

Result: 7,500 other people who suffered at the incident. Some

victims were arrested and tortured, and homes were damaged
or confiscated .The families of the victims had to endure the
shame of being viewed as criminals. Koreans were angered by
the way the police had dealt with the situation- with violence

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SO basically, this is the summary of social causes and context:
Unhappiness brought by separation of Korea
2.Anti-American sentiments in South
led to civil unrest and instability, which

Gave relatively stable North confidence to attack the South,

with widespread civil unrest

Garnered Support of communism in North as government

there was comparatively stable