Korean Political History I: Chapter 2, Exercise 3 — Possible Solution
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TASK
Choose one figure or date that is single-source or given differently, and say
why you would hesitate and what would settle it.

WORKED EXAMPLE: the rice price

CLAIM
Rice prices rose from 9.4 yen to 2,800 yen during the military government.

WHY HESITATE
- It comes from one source.
- The chapter does not say the period it covers, the unit, or the market.
- A rise this large depends on which price is quoted, and I could not check it.

WHAT WOULD SETTLE IT
An independent source with the dates, the unit and the location of the
prices, ideally from records of the period.

OTHER CANDIDATES
- The date of the North's founding: one source says 10 July 1948; the same
  Soviet Civil Administration summary also says Kim Il Sung became premier on
  9 September 1948, and mentions August 1948 elections. Look for a source
  that separates proclamation, election and government formation.
- The Soviet cutoff of power to the south (single source).