1948-09-22 - 1949-08-31

Special committee on anti-national collaborators

Seoul1948-09-22 to 1949 · conflict over collaboration purges exposes state-building tensions

Other events in this phase

Korean State Formation50
  1. Syngman Rhee elected president
  2. North Korean Supreme People’s Assembly election
  3. North Korean constitution adopted
  4. Special committee on anti-national collaboratorsCurrent record
  5. Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion
  6. Soviet forces complete withdrawal from North Korea
  7. Ongjin Peninsula border clashes
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Media

Anti-national activities committee tip boxVisual recordAnti-national activities committee tip boxOctober 1948 photograph of a tip box used by the committee's Jeolla investigation office.Anti-national activities trial sceneVisual recordAnti-national activities trial scenePublic-domain photograph categorized as a 1949 committee trial scene.

Source Trail

ArchiveNational Archives of Korea · Contemporary Korean history holdingsOpen sourceEncyclopedia ReferenceAcademy of Korean Studies · Anti-national activities punishment actOpen source