POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
Question
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48th Parallel
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38th Parallel
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28th Parallel
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58th Parallel
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Detailed explanation-1: -demilitarized zone (DMZ), region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea from South Korea. It roughly follows latitude 38° N (the 38th parallel), the original demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea at the end of World War II.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korean: ) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in half.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.