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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeju uprising</span> 1948–1949 uprising in South Korea

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Operation Blacklist Forty</span> 1945–1948 US occupation of Korea

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Events from the year 1948 in South Korea.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1946 South Korean legislative election</span>

Elections to the Interim Legislative Assembly were held in South Korea in October 1946.

Events from the year 1945 in Southern Korea.

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