Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1910, i whakaurua a Korea e te Emepara o Hapani. I te tau 1945, i muri i te hekenga o Hapani
I te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i wehea a Korea ki nga rohe e rua i te taha o te 38th parallel, me te raki i nohoia e te Soviet Union me te tonga i nohoia e te United States. I rahua nga whakawhitiwhitinga mo te whakakotahitanga, a i te tau 1948, i hangaia nga kawanatanga motuhake: ko te DPRK o te hapori i te raki, me te Kawanatanga Tuatahi o Korea i te tonga. Ko te hanganga o te DPRK i ahu mai i te maha o nga kawanatanga tuuturu: te People's Republic of Korea (PRK), te Soviet Civil Administration (SCA), te Provisional People's Committee of North Korea, me te People's Committee of North Korea. I tīmata te Pakanga o Korea i te tau 1950, me te whakaekenga a Te Tai Tokerau o Korea, a, i roa ki te tau 1953. Ko te Whakaaetanga Whakaaetanga Koreana i puta mai i te whakamutu o te patu me te whakapumautanga o te rohe kore-militarized (DMZ), engari kaore ano kia hainatia he kirimana rangimarie.