[DOC] [TLE] Division of Korea - Wikipedia [PAR] The division of Korea between North and South Korea was the result of the Allied 
victory in World War II in 1945, ending the Empire of Japan's 35-year colonial rule 
of Korea ... The Korean War (195053) left the two Koreas separated by the 
Korean Demilitarized ... The agreement was incorporated into General Order No. [DOC] [TLE] History of North Korea - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of North Korea began with the partition of Korea at the end of World 
War II in 1945, ... After much destruction, the war ended with the status quo being 
restored. ... The peninsula was divided by the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and a 
US ... of the Soviet Bloc in 1991, North Korea went into a severe economic crisis. [DOC] [TLE] Division of Korea - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Aug 20, 2013 ... The Korean peninsula, first divided along the 38th parallel, later ... The division of 
Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in 
World War II, ending Japan's 35-year occupation of Korea. .... The United Nations
, led by the United States, quickly came to South Korea's defense. [DOC] [TLE] History of North Korea - Liberty in North Korea [PAR] People have been living on the Korean peninsula since prehistoric times, slowly 
... Resistance groups formed in Korea and China, mostly adopting leftist politics 
in ... Following Japan's defeat in 1945 the Soviet Union and United States agreed 
to split ... By far the most destructive and divisive event in Korean history, the war
... [DOC] [TLE] Korean History and Political Geography | Center for Global ... [PAR] Successive Korean kingdoms were able to maintain political independence and 
... from India, also came to Korea from China, and from Korea spread to Japan. ... 
The surrender of Japan to the allies at the end of World War II resulted in a new 
and ... peninsula: the division of Korea into two separate states, one in the North... [DOC] [TLE] The End of North Korea - The New York Times [PAR] For over half a century, the political dynamics of the Korean peninsula have been 
... of Korea relentlessly hardened into a de facto and then a de jure division of the 
... of political and administrative unity came to an official end for the Korean 
nation. .... So, instead, for the decade after the Korean War, North Korean leaders
... [DOC] [TLE] Korean War facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] War came to Korea in 195053 as both a civil war on the Korean peninsula and 
the ... North Korean ground forces crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea 
about ... The North Koreans did not respond to the UN resolution, so on the 
following .... was to end with Mac Arthur's being relieved from command on 11 
April 1951. [DOC] [TLE] US Enters the Korean Conflict | National Archives [PAR] Sep 7, 2016 ... The division of Korea into two halves had come at the end of World War II. ... 
seize the entire peninsula from their position in the north, the United States 
quickly ... This line became more rigid after 1946, when Kim Il Sung organized a 
... grew out of the tense atmosphere that characterized Cold War politics. [DOC] [TLE] Why Is Korea Split Into North and South Korea? - Asian History [PAR] Learn about the almost accidental creation of the divided Koreas here. ... Why do 
North and South Korea exist where once there stood a unified kingdom? This 
story begins with the Japanese conquest of Korea at the end of the nineteenth 
century. ... had relinquished its claim to after the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05). [DOC] [TLE] The Korean War : setting the stage and brief ... - State of New Jersey [PAR] The United States took its first real interest in Korea during World War II in the 
context ... 14, 1945, came shortly after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and 
Nagasaki. ... came the threat that the Soviets, advancing into Manchuria and 
Korea, could ... divide the peninsula in half, leaving the Soviets to occupy Korea 
north of the... [DOC] [TLE] North

Question: North Korea came into political being following the division of the Korean peninsula at the end of this war
Answer: World War II