{"id":23680,"date":"2022-01-31T12:11:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=23680"},"modified":"2024-10-01T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:33:15","slug":"noted-the-origin-of-the-38th-parallel-division-of-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/noted-the-origin-of-the-38th-parallel-division-of-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Noted: The origin of the 38th parallel division of Korea &#8211; the map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>noted by Charles Knight, 31 January 2022.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Below is the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">US Army<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> map (from the US National Archives) that designated conceptually the division of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Korea<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> after <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">WWII<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. The division was intended as temporary occupation zones by the armies of the then-allied <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">USSR<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> &amp; <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">USA following the departure of the Japanese colonist army and administration<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/noted-the-origin-of-the-38th-parallel-division-of-korea\/1947-division-of-korea-map\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23681\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23681\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1947-division-of-Korea-map.jpg\" alt=\"1947 Map of Division of Korea\" width=\"494\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1947-division-of-Korea-map.jpg 494w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1947-division-of-Korea-map-187x275.jpg 187w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1947-division-of-Korea-map-374x550.jpg 374w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1947-division-of-Korea-map-68x100.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The politics of Korean reunification<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and self-rule were not successfully negotiated in the 1940s or the 1950s and remain unresolved to this day.\u00a0 Today, there are strongly opposed ideological nationalists on both sides of the <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">38th parallel<\/span> who refuse to settle political differences. However, it may well be China and the USA who have the greatest interest in Korea remaining divided because the peninsula&#8217;s division is thought to serve their geostrategic preferences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>noted by Charles Knight, 31 January 2022. Below is the US Army map (from the US National Archives) that designated conceptually the division of Korea after WWII. 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