USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This division resulted in the formation of two countries: communist North Korea (supported by the Soviets) and South Korea (supported by the United States).

Detailed explanation-2: -North Korea aimed to militarily conquer South Korea and therefore unify Korea under the communist North Korean regime. Concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China might have encouraged this invasion, President Harry S.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Korean War was a proxy war for the Cold War. The West-the United Kingdom and the U.S., supported by the United Nations-supported South Korea, while communist China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea.

Detailed explanation-4: -North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, continues to be a Jucheist state under the rule of the Workers’ Party of Korea. In South Korea, the National Security Law has been used to criminalize advocacy of communism and groups suspected of alignment with North Korea.

Detailed explanation-5: -On 12 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly accepted the report of UNTCOK and declared the Republic of Korea to be the “only lawful government in Korea". By 1949, North Korea was a full-fledged Communist state.