<P> The Northern Mariana Islands were part of the former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands but decided in the 1970s not to seek independence . The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in political union with the United States was established in 1978 . </P> <P> The United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (琉球 列島 米国 軍 政府 Ryūkyū - rettō Beikoku Gunseifu) was the government in Okinawa, Japan from 1945 to 1950, whereupon it was replaced by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands from 1950 until 1972 . </P> <P> The United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK; Korean: 재 조선 미 육군 사령부 군정청; Hanja: 在 朝鮮 美 陸軍 司令 部 軍政 廳) was the official ruling body of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula from September 8, 1945 to August 15, 1948 . </P>

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