Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuparadzaniswa kuri kuitwa Korean Peninsula mazuva ano imhaka yezvisarudzo zvakaitwa pakapera Hondo Yenyika II. Muna 1910, Umambo hweJapan hwakabatanidza Korea ndokuitonga kutozosvikira yaparara.
kukundwa muHondo Yenyika II. Chibvumirano chokuzvimiririra kweKorea chakaitwa pamutemo musi wa1 December 1943, apo United States, China, neUnited Kingdom dzakasaina Cairo Declaration, iyo yaiti: "Masimba matatu ataurwa pamusoro apa, achiziva uranda hwevanhu veKorea, akatsunga kuti munguva yakakodzera Korea ichava yakasununguka uye yakazvimirira". Muna 1945, Sangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose rakagadzira zvirongwa zvokutarisirwa kweKorea.