South Korea

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South Korea is the southern part of the Korean peninsula next to northen China.

At the end of World War II in 1946, The US and Russia agreed to split the administration of Korea, the US in control of the southern division.
 * In 1946, old Japanese stamps were surcharged Choson upyo.png ("Korean postage stamp") and new values. Essays more roughly done also exist.
 * Also in 1946, a liberation issue was released with two different inscriptions.
 * Beginning later in 1946, The inscription became Choson upyo.png again. Both North and South Korea used the same name until mid-1948 when South Korea changed their name as shown above. South Korean stamps after the first US military issue can be identified by currency expressed in "Cn" or "Won/Wn". North Korean stamps in this period have currency expressed in "z" ("chon" in Cyrillic) or Won.png ("won").

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