North Korea–Taiwan relations
North Korean–Taiwan relations (; ) On April 13, 1919, the Republic of China recognized the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. The Nationalist government of China participated in the Cairo Conference which resulted in the Cairo Declaration with the aim of freeing Korea and Taiwan from Japanese colonial rule. After the communist takeover of Mainland China in 1949 and the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948, relations between the two are non-existent, however, unofficial relations are significant. Independence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Korean War The Japanese Empire had ruled Korea and Formosa, ended after World War II, which led the division of Korea, then followed by a period of trusteeship by Soviet occupation in the north as well as the retrocession of Taiwan and Penghu the months followed. Initially, China, who recognized the Korean Provisional Government, was adamantly opposed to Soviet influence in Korea after hearing about Soviet atrocities in Poland since its "liberation". By the Cairo Conference, the US and China came to agree on Korean independence "in due course", with China still pressing for immediate recognition of the exile government and a tangible date for independence. After Soviet-American