The Japanese left Korea at the end of World War II in 1945, only to be
replaced by U.S. troops. The end of World War II left Korea in political chaos. Many Koreans wanted independence with the end of colonial rule, but the United States and the USSR set up a joint trusteeship to govern Korea until 1948, with the U.S. Army in charge of the south and the Soviets in charge of the north. It was during this period that the
city took on its modern-day name of Seoul. Above, signs in English cater to
U.S. troops.
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