1943-12-01

Korea clause in the Cairo Declaration

Cairo Declaration / KoreaCairo · The Allies stated that Korea should become free and independent after Japan’s defeat, defining a principle for dismantling imperial rule.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Korean Language Society Case
  2. Battle of Changde
  3. Greater East Asia Conference
  4. Korea clause in the Cairo DeclarationCurrent record
  5. Conscription implemented in Korea
  6. Operation Ichi-Go: Henan phase
  7. Operation Ichi-Go
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Context

The Cairo Declaration placed Korean independence and the return of Manchuria and Taiwan in the same postwar-order document. It foreshadowed East Asian borders and government questions beyond battlefield movement.

Sources

The National Diet Library Cairo Communiqué record and the Korean National Institute of Korean History document record are linked.

Media

Cairo Conference, 1943Visual recordCairo Conference, 1943A photograph of the principal leaders at the Cairo Conference.

Source Trail

Primary SourceNational Diet Library · Cairo Communiqué, December 1, 1943Open sourcePrimary Source국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 · 카이로 선언 자료Open source