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.
On these timelines: Korea, Master, The Korean War
More from Korea
- Division of Korea at the 38th parallel (1945)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- King Sejong invents Hangul (1443)
- North Korea invades South (1950)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
- Goryeo dynasty (918)
Around 1948
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Apartheid (1948)
- World War II (1939)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)