POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Communism
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Democracy
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Article 1 of the state constitution, North Korea is an “independent socialist state". It holds elections, though they have been described by independent observers as sham elections, as North Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship with a comprehensive cult of personality around the Kim family.
Detailed explanation-4: -With agreement of ruling and opposition parties, a democratic constitution including provisions for a directly elected president agreed and won in a referendum. Thus, the Republic of Korea became a democratic republic through peaceful compromise.