When Japan was defeated by the allies in the second world war, it meant that Japan lost control of Korea which it ruled as a colony. Korea had been ruled by Japan as a colony for roughly 30 years. Korea, following the loss of japan control, had a temporary arrangement while Korea was trying to set up a national government. The area above and below the 38th parallel were administered by two different nations. The area above the 38th parallel was administered by the Soviet Union and the area below the 38th parallel was administered by the United States. The plan to have a national government failed and the nation spread into two different occupation which we know as South Korea and North Korea . South Korea was otherwise known as Western-aligned Republic of Korea and North Korea was also know known as the Communist-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . Of course, each Korea wanted to have the whole peninsula and border clashes broke out.
This lead to the Korean War which I have written about on the next page...
This lead to the Korean War which I have written about on the next page...