Korea (Provisional government, 1919-1945)

LC control no.	n 81039745
Geographic heading	Korea (Provisional government, 1919-1945) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Taehan Minʼguk Imsi Chŏngbu Imsi Chŏngbu (Korea) Chosŏn Minʼguk Imsi Chŏngbu
Special note	SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as subject. Works about this place are entered under Korea.
Found in	Wikipedia, June 16, 2009 (The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a government in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing, during the Japanese occupation of Korea; formed on Apr. 13, 1919, following the Korean Declaration of Independence during the March 1st movement of the same year; strived for the liberation of Korea from Japanese annexation that lasted from 1910 to 1945; preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea recognises the Provisional Government as the legal regime of the period between 1919 and 1948) Britannica online, June 16, 2009 (Korean Provisional Government; government in exile organized in Apr. 1919 in Shanghai; with the liberation of Korea from Japanese occupation at the end of World War II, the Korean Provisional Government came to an end) The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, via KBS World news website, viewed June 16, 2009 (provisional government of the Republic of Korea was organized by the leaders of the freedom fighting movement in Shanghai, China, following the March 1st civil uprising in 1919. It is also called the Shanghai provisional government, denoting the location in which it was first established. The provisional government served as a representative of a sovereign nation for 27 years until Korea gained independence in 1945)