Preface
From 1910, Korea became a victim of Japanese Imperialism. Korea was also the investment hub for the United States of America and Japanese capitalists. Along with this Korea shared borders with the China and Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. So, it was strategically important for the United States of America. So, both the superpowers took joint action against Japanese Imperialism in Korea.
Therefore, the army of both powers was present in Korea. So, it was not possible for one party to kick out the other. So, they started the game of the 38th parallel. The 38th parallel divided Korea into two parts i.e. North Korea and South Korea.
38 parallel
North Korea came under the command of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. While South Korea came under the United States of America. The objective was to pull out the Japanese forces organized election and then established the national government in Korea.
In 1948, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic gave the charge of North Korea to Kim Jong II and left. While in 1949, the United States of America gave the charge of South Korea to Syngman Rhee. The large part of the Korean population was in South Korea, which had an obvious inclination towards capitalism.
So, the United States of America was confident about its victory in Korea. This caused the pain for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.
Conclusion
In these circumstances, North Korea attacked South Korea in 1950. And this was the beginning of the Korean crisis. Both the powers stood behind their representatives. Now, there was a fear of a full-fledged war between both the powers. Due to the active intervention of the United Nations both the parties agreed to peace in 1953.
The conditions of the agreement were that both Korea’s should unite after bilateral negotiations. It seemed to be challenging in the present scenario because North Korea lacks a responsible government. And from the very beginning, it is under military dictatorship.
In the upcoming post, we will discuss Cold War in Vietnam.
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