Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te wehenga o tēnei wā o te Korean Peninsula te hua o ngā whakataunga i tangohia i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I te tau 1910, ka whakaekehia e te Emepaea o Hapani a Korea, a, ka whakahaeretia e ia tae noa ki tana hinganga
i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Ko te whakaaetanga motuhake o Korea i puta i te 1 o Tihema 1943, i te wa i hainatia ai e te United States, China, me te United Kingdom te Whakapuakanga o Cairo, i kii: "Ko nga mana e toru kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei, e mahara ana ki te pononga o te iwi o Korea, kua whakatauhia kia kore Korea e waiho hei koreutu me te motuhake". I te 1945, i whakawhanakehia e te United Nations nga mahere mo te whakahaeretanga o Korea.