![]() ![]() ![]() Japan’s colonial rule lasted 35 years.When Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945, the Korean peninsula was split into two zones of occupation – the U.S.-controlled South Korea and the Soviet-controlled North Korea. This period, during which an independent Korea had diplomatic, ended with imperial Japan’s annexation of the peninsula. Editor’s note: Professor Ji-Young Lee of American University answers four questions to help put issues related to North Korea’s nuclear weapons capabilities into context.Why is there a North and a South Korea?Before there was a South and North Korea, the peninsula was ruled as a dynasty known as Chosŏn, which existed for more than five centuries, until 1910.
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