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The 36 pages that link to Division of Korea, each with the reason it gives.

• Korean WarRelated: The occupation-zone boundary hardened into rival states before the war began.

• South KoreaRelated: The division established the territorial setting for South Korea’s creation.

• Korean independence movementRelated: Rival visions of national government and Cold War occupation prevented reunification after liberation.

• Korea under Japanese ruleRelated: Liberation ended Japanese rule, but occupation zones and Cold War conflict divided the peninsula.

• North KoreaRelated: The division created the political boundary from which North Korea emerged.

• Korean nationalismRelated: Competing national projects turned liberation into a lasting political division.

• Soviet invasion of ManchuriaRelated: Soviet advances into Korea during the campaign contributed to the occupation arrangements that divided the peninsula.

• KoreaRelated: It explains how one peninsula became two states.

• Korean liberationRelated: The occupation boundary established after liberation hardened into a national division.

• Korean literatureRelated: Separate political systems produced distinct literary institutions and constraints.

• Japanese occupation of KoreaRelated: Japan’s surrender ended colonial rule, but rival powers divided the peninsula.

• PyongyangRelated: The division made Pyongyang the capital of a separate North Korean state.

• First Republic of KoreaRelated: The republic was founded in the southern zone amid a division that both Korean states contested.

• Soviet–Japanese WarRelated: Soviet advances into northern Korea helped establish the occupation boundary at the 38th parallel.

• China–North Korea borderRelated: The division transformed a China–Korea frontier into a China–North Korea border.

• Democratic People's Republic of KoreaRelated: The occupation-zone boundary set the territorial basis for the northern state.

• Korean Provisional GovernmentRelated: The division prevented the provisional government from becoming the government of a unified postcolonial Korea.

• South Korea–United States relationsRelated: The division made the U.S. role in southern Korea a lasting strategic commitment.

• Gyeonggi ProvinceRelated: The postwar division placed Gyeonggi’s northern districts along a new international boundary.

• North Pyongan ProvinceRelated: The division placed North Pyongan within the northern state.

• Choe Yong-gonRelated: The division created the setting for the northern government in which Choe rose to national office.

• History of North KoreaRelated: The occupation-zone boundary became the foundation for two competing Korean governments.

• Kim KuRelated: Kim opposed turning the occupation-zone boundary into a permanent national partition.

• Northeast AsiaRelated: It created a lasting political and military fault line within the region.

• Park Wan-suhRelated: Political division shapes the family histories and ideological tensions depicted in her work.

• South Hwanghae ProvinceRelated: The division placed the Hwanghae region under separate governments.

• Cinema of KoreaRelated: Division produced two film systems with different political and institutional histories.

• Han SoryaRelated: Partition determined Han’s move into North Korea’s distinct political and literary institutions.

• History of KoreaRelated: It explains the peninsula’s transition from colonial rule to two competing governments.

• History of South KoreaRelated: The division created the separate southern state whose history this page covers.

• PajuRelated: Paju’s location beside the frontier makes the national division a defining part of its history.

• Pak KyongniRelated: Pak’s life and literary career unfolded amid the division that followed liberation and war.

• Yu Hyun-mokRelated: National division shaped the postwar society his films scrutinized.