The story of the Korean independence movement March 1 The story of the Korean independence movement March 1 The Korean independence movement is a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve independence from Japan, after Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, as Korean internal resistance reached its climax in March The independence activities established links with the national government of the Republic of China, which supported the provisional government of the Republic of Korea, as a government-in-exile. At the same time, the liberal Korean army operating under the supervision of the Chinese National Military Council led attacks against Japan. The Allies reached an agreement on final Korean independence in the Cairo Declaration of 1943. The date of Japan's surrender became an annual holiday called Restoration of Light Day in South Korea, The Koreans wrote the Declaration of Independence from Japan, signed by 33 of the most prominent leaders of the Korean National Mo...