In 1948, both sides claimed to be the legitimate government and representative of the entire Korean people. The United States handed control over the southern half of the peninsula to Syngman Rhee, while the Soviet Union gave Kim Il-sung power over the north. and USSR installed leaders sympathetic to their own cause, while mistrust on both sides prevented cooperation on elections that were supposed to choose a leader for the entire peninsula. Seeking to ensure the maintenance of their respective influences in Korea, the U.S. The divide should have been temporary, a mere footnote in Korea’s long history, but the emergence of the Cold War made this a seminal event. and Soviet occupation zones at the 38th parallel. military officers drew up a line demarcating the U.S. 1945: The Division of the Korean Peopleįollowing Japan’s defeat in 1945 the Soviet Union and United States agreed to split the post-war control of the Korean peninsula between themselves. Korea also began to modernize during this period, and the city of Pyongyang in particular became a vibrant center for Christianity and western culture. Memories of the Japanese Imperial Administration’s oppression continue to haunt relations between the people of both Koreas and Japan today. Resistance groups formed in Korea and China, mostly adopting leftist politics in reaction to the right-wing Japanese administration. Koreans remember the Japanese colonial rule as a brutal experience. In 1910, the Chosun Dynasty ended with Japan’s annexation and colonization of Korea. Since then, Korea has had to contend with the expansionist ambitions of its neighbors. The Korean people were first united by the Silla Dynasty in 668 A.D. People have been living on the Korean peninsula since prehistoric times, slowly developing their own distinct culture and civilization. If you want to go even further back, here's how North Korea came to be!
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