대한민국임시정부와 재외동포

Abstract

Overseas Korean policies of the PGROK(the following, 'PGROK'), can be summarized as follows; The PGROK extended the concept of sovereignty, territory, and nationality beyond the Korean Peninsula and granted Korean people in China, Korean People in Russia, and Korean People in America representation in the Provisional Assembly of the Republic of Korea. The PGROK established and proclaimed a 'temporary settlement corporation' system to encourage the autonomy and self-sufficiency across overseas Korean communities. Moreover, when the Japanese Empire declared its unconditional surrender, the PGROK established the 'Korean People in China at Delegation Foreign Affairs to China' and took many other measures to ensure the repatriation and overall safety of overseas Koreans. The PGROK which had no choice but to operate overseas due to the surveillance of the Japanese Empire, desperately needed public support and found it through the cultivation of relationships with overseas Koreans. The relationship between the PGROK and Overseas Koreans is based on the concept that “Korean Nationals=Korean Compatriots” and vice versa.