Original sentence: Adding to this anger was the American military's choice to give many governmental positions to Koreans who had betrayed their country by collaborating with the Japanese rulers.In March 1946 land reform was instituted as the land from Japanese and collaborator land owners was divided and handed over to poor farmers.Landlords were allowed to keep only the same amount of land as peasants who had once rented their land, thereby making for a far more equal distribution of land.Meanwhile on August 31, 1946, an editorial in the Chosun Ilbo told Hodge that the deteriorating economy was leaving the Korean people suffering more than any time under Japanese rule.Organizing the many poor peasants and agricultural laborers under the people's committees a nationwide mass campaign broke the control of the old landed classes
Edited sentence: Adding to this anger was the American military's choice to give many governmental positions to Koreans who had betrayed their country by collaborating with the Japanese to exploit fellow Koreans.In March 1946 land reform was instituted as the land from Japanese and collaborator landowners were divided and handed over to poor farmers.Landlords were allowed to keep only the same amount of land as poor civilians who had once rented their land, thereby making for a far more equal distribution of land.Organizing the many poor civilianss and agricultural laborers under the people's committees a nationwide mass campaign broke the control of the old landed classes