<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1945, iSoviet Union ne-United States bavumelana ngokuthi  <response>: ukuzinikela kwamabutho aseJapane eKorea ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, okushiya iKorea ihlukaniswe eceleni kwe-38th parallel. INyakatho yayingaphansi kokubuswa amaSoviet kanti iNingizimu yayingaphansi kokubuswa amaMelika. Lezi zimo zaba isisekelo sokuhlukaniswa kweKorea ngamazwe amabili anamandla amakhulu anezinkolelo ezimbili ezihlukene, okwanda ngenxa yokungakwazi kwawo ukuvumelana ngemibandela yokuzimela kweKorea. Uhulumeni owawukhuthazwa amaKhomanisi eNyakatho wathola ukusekelwa yiSoviet Union lapho umelene nohulumeni owawukhuthaza iNtshonalanga eNingizimu, okwaholela ekuhlukanisweni kweKorea yaba izingxenye ezimbili zezombusazwe ngo-1948: iNorth Korea neSouth Korea. Ukungezwani phakathi kwala mazwe amabili kwaphumela ekuqhumeni kweMpi YaseKorea ngo-1950. Ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kwamasosha angaphandle, impi yaphela ngo-1953, kodwa ngaphandle kwesivumelwano sokuthula esisemthethweni. Lesi simo sibangela ukungezwani okukhulu okuqhubeka kuhlukanisa inhlonhlo. Bobabili ohulumeni bamaKorea amabili bayaqhubeka bethi yibo kuphela ohulumeni abasemthethweni kule ndawo. 