… Returnees, Northerners, and Relief Societies in Liberated South Korea, 1945-50 … Who was a “Refugee”?: Returnees, Northerners, and Relief Societies in Liberated South Korea, 1945-50 At the end of the Pacific War in 1945, … powers, movement suddenly reversed. Millions entered South Korea, now occupied by the U.S. military, and strained …