Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1910, Korea yakabatanidzwa neUmambo hweJapan. Muna 1945, pashure pokunge maJapan akundwa
Pakupera kweHondo Yenyika II, Korea yakakamurwa kuva nzvimbo mbiri dzakapoteredza 38th parallel, nechokuchamhembe ichigarwa neSoviet Union uye kumaodzanyemba ichigarwa neUnited States. Nhaurirano dzokubatanidzazve dzakakundikana, uye muna 1948, hurumende dzakasiana dzakaumbwa: DPRK yezvemagariro evanhu kuchamhembe, uye First Republic of Korea yezvemari kumaodzanyemba. Kuumbwa kweDPRK kwakauya kubva kuhurumende dzinoverengeka dzenguva pfupi: People's Republic of Korea (PRK), Soviet Civil Administration (SCA), Provisional People's Committee yeNorth Korea, uye People's Committee yeNorth Korea. Hondo yeKorea yakatanga muna 1950, nechisimba cheNorth Korea, uye yakagara kusvikira muna 1953. Chibvumirano cheKorean Armistice chakaunza hondo uye chakagadza nzvimbo isina mauto (DMZ), asi hapana chibvumirano chorugare chepamutemo chakambosayinwa.