[한국 역사] Division of Korea

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What forces and factors led to the division of Korea in 1945, and how have they affected the political development of the two divided states?

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The Japanese surrender to the Allies in 1945 meant that forty years of colonial rule would come to an end in Korea. However, the independence gained from the Japanese did not conclude Korea’s misfortunes¾the occupation of foreign powers remained unchanged. The liberation contributed to the division of Korea into two regions by the United States and the Soviet Union. A demarcation line separating the two different forces was created along the 38th parallel line in which it became the border between the Communist North and the Capitalist South. Thus, the ideological clashes between the two sides led the emergence of separate states in Korea with different political development.
In December of 1945, the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain met in Moscow to construct a trusteeship plan for Korea. As Korea had lived through many years of colonial rule, the future of Korea was controlled over a joint occupation by the two powers: the Soviets occupied the territory north of the 38th parallel, while the United States took the southern part of the line.

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