Founding of North and South Korea
1948 · Event
The peninsula's division hardens into two rival states: the Republic of Korea under Syngman Rhee and the DPRK under Kim Il-sung.
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More from Korea
- Korean War (1950)
- Korean War armistice (1953)
- North Korea invades South (1950)
- Tripitaka Koreana carved (1236)
- Parasite wins Best Picture (2020)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
Around 1948
- World War II (1939)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Sputnik launch (1957)
- German invasion of Poland (1939)
- Cold War (1947)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Death of Hitler / Fall of Berlin (1945)
- Fall of France (1940)