POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Both countries would remain independent and the border would remain at the 38th parallel.
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between the two countries a 2 mile demilitarized zone was placed to act as a buffer in hopes to prevent future wars.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 38th parallel of latitude was chosen in 1945 by the USA and USSR as a convenient borderline for their divided military occupation of the Korean peninsula. Under this divided occupation, Korea rapidly developed two ideologically different regimes, a socialist state in the North and a liberal state in the South.
Detailed explanation-2: -38th parallel. 38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea. The line was chosen by U.S. military planners at the Potsdam Conference (July 1945) near the end of World War II as an army boundary, north of which the U.S.S.R.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eventually, an armistice signed in July 1953 brought the Korean War to an end. In total, about five million people died in the Korean War, including many civilians. The cease-fire line roughly followed the 38th parallel with only minor changes, and the country remains divided along that line still today.
Detailed explanation-4: -The war created numerous war orphans and divided families in both Koreas. In South Korea, it also created US military bases, which have been present for decades, and the mandatory conscription for male citizens. The growing number of North Korean defectors also has been an increasingly frequent and telling phenomenon.