Can anyone tell me the history of korea? How it was divided?

Question

I understand that north korea is a communist region while south korea is not.

Answer 1

In the conditions leading up to the Korean War, Korea was already divided (not after the Korean War, as most people think).

During the Russo-Japanese War, Japan had taken over and colonized Korea, against its wishes. Yet as a way of declaring war against Imperialist Japan, the Soviet Union began to occupy the northern part of Korea, what is now North Korea.

In accordance to President Truman, the Soviet Union agreed to stop their march at the 38th parallel, where Korea is divided now. The Japanese agreed to surrender to the Soviet Union. The U.S. occupied South Korea, while the Russians were in the North; hence the Communist influence on North Korea and the democratic influence on South Korea. The important point is, without consulting any part of the Korean government, the Russo/Japanese/U.S. powers arbitrarily divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel.

Thus Korea was divided. As for the Korean War, it was when the Communist backed North (backed by China and the Soviet Union) decided to attack the South and make it a Communist country as well. The U.S. sent its troops in its own interest to keep democracy and its influence in South Korea, reigning back the North.

As you may know, there was never an official peace treaty, the Korean War ended in a stalemate, to this day.

That's what I know from history, parents, etc. For more detailed information, I don't know how accurate it is, but here's Wiki's take on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_war

Hope that helps~!

Answer 2

In 1945, Korea gained independence from Japan. For about 5 years korea was screwed up, there were arguments of government power and other stuff. About 50 years ago, in 1950. there was the Korean War. South VS. North. The North attacked the south because they wanted communism to take over. The U.N. helped the South while China helped the North. They faught for few years when they had a treaty, creating the DMZ line. So 2 seperate countries were made.

in the future, if north and south do become as one country, the korean market is going to go down the toilet, because north korea is filled with poor people, and rebuilding north korea is going to take up so much money.

Answer 3

Koreas historys has many hardships and wars and stuff like that. It would be really hard to tell you all that stuff. I'll just give ou websites i guess. They can sum it all up. http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/history.htm thats about some dynasties and stuff
http://myhome.shinbiro.com/~mss1/history.html This has alot of facts about koreas beginnings untill world war 2
http://media.graniteschools.org/Curriculum/korea/history.htm This also has some info
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/kowar/kowar.htm That is about the korean war.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm thats about north korea

Hope I helped you learn something. :)