Question

Why was Korea permanently separated into two countries after the Korean War?

The US and USSR could not agree on how to unite Korea.
China controlled North Korea, and the US controlled South Korea.
The USSR controlled North Korea, and the US controlled South Korea.
North Korea wanted to be communist, and South Korea wanted to be democratic.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

In August 1945, the two allies “in name only” (as Robinson puts it) divided control over the Korean Peninsula. Over the next three years

the Soviet Army and its proxies set up a communist regime in the area north of latitude 38˚ N, or the 38th parallel. South of that line, a military government was formed, supported directly by the United States.