Timeline of Japan-South Korea relations

A timeline of Japan-South Korea relations.

Year	Date	Event
1945	August 10	Japan surrenders to Allied forces, relinquishing control over Korean territory.
1948	August 13	First Republic of South Korea officially established. Republic is Allied strongly with the United States, and opposing both North Korean and Japanese interests
1948		During the Cheju Uprising, a large group of South Korean refugees escape to Japan.
1950s		During the Korean War, some South Korean refugees escape to Japan.
1952	January 18	The South Korean president Syngman Rhee declared Syngman Rhee line. 3,929 Japanese fishermen were captured, and 44 Japanese were killed by South Korea Navy.
1965	June 22	Japan and South Korea signed Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
1991	August 11	Asahi Shinbun reports the discovery of "Kim Hak-soon", an alleged Comfort Woman from South Korea
1991	December 6	Japanese Socialist Mizuho Fukushima leads five alleged Comfort Women in attempt to sue the Japanese Government.
1997	December	The Asian financial crisis hits the South Korean economy hard. Japan offers 10 billion dollars in support
2002	May 31	Japan and South Korea co-host the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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