Abstract:

The first land reform in South Korea after liberation from Japanese colonial rule took place in 1948, three years after US forces established a military government in the south. While the 1948 land reform is often evaluated as a success, less attention is given as to why it took so long to be carried out, especially when demand was high among people in a postcolonial agricultural society still suffering from long-term exploitation. The focus of this research is to take a closer look at the earlier years of US occupation on the Korean Peninsula, and examine the events leading up to the first plan for land reform in 1946, the so-called “Bunce plan.” Addressing the question as to why it failed, based on an analysis of the early postcolonial situation in the South, this research argues that the inconsistency of policy decisions and structural weakness of the occupation regime led to an overall delay of many social and economic reforms, including the redistribution of farmland.

摘要：

韩国从日本殖民统治解放后的第一次土地改革发生在 1948 年，也就是美军在南方建立军政府三年后。虽然 1948 年的土地改革经常被评价为成功，但很少有人关注为什么需要这么长时间才能实施，尤其是在后殖民农业社会仍然遭受长期剥削的人们的需求很高的情况下。这项研究的重点是仔细研究美国在朝鲜半岛的早期占领，并考察导致 1946 年第一个土地改革计划，即所谓的“邦斯计划”的事件。基于对南方早期后殖民局势的分析，解决了为什么失败的问题，