In 1940, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea founded the Korean Independence Party and established the Korean Liberation Army. The Provisional Government, with its political, party, and military systems, announced the founding platform...
In 1940, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea founded the Korean Independence Party and established the Korean Liberation Army. The Provisional Government, with its political, party, and military systems, announced the founding platform in November 1941, and incorporated part of the Joseon Volunteer Corps into the 1st division of the Korean Liberation Army in 1942. Subsequently, figures from the Korean National Revolutionary Party and the Korean National Liberation Alliance were elected as members of the Provisional National Assembly, and in October 1942, the Provisional National Assembly was formed as the ‘Unification Assembly’. In 1944, six left-wing members were elected as members of the State Council, Kim Gyu-sik of the Korean National Revolutionary Party was inaugurated as vice chairman, and Kim Won-bong was inaugurated as head of the military affairs department. As a result, the provisional government gained the status of a left-right coalition government that integrated independence movement forces in the Chongqing region. Around this time, Lee Chung-mo traveled through the Soviet Union, Central Asia, and northwestern China and arrived in Chongqing, China on July 28, 1944. Lee Chung-mo reported the situation of Koreans in the Soviet Union and northwestern China to the Provisional Government. Based on this, the Provisional Government established a policy for the northwestern region of China and dispatched Lee Chung-mo as a correspondent for the Provisional Government to promote the escape of Korean youth conscripted by Japan and their incorporation into the Korean Liberation Army. Regarding Koreans in the Soviet Union, Foreign Minister Jo So-ang sent a letter to the Tass News Agency’s correspondent in China requesting that 57 Korean revolutionaries imprisoned due to political repression be sent to the Provisional Government.