What line divided Korea after the war?

What line divided Korea after the war?

• A. 38th parallel
• B. Equator
• C. Tropic of Cancer
• D. 49th parallel

Answer: (A)

The dividing line was the 38th parallel north. After Japan surrendered in World War II, Korea was freed from colonial rule and quickly split into two occupation zones along this latitude, with the north under the Soviet Union and the south under the United States. That line functioned as the practical border between the two Koreas for years, and after the Korean War ended, the armistice established a Demilitarized Zone roughly along that same latitude, keeping the two sides separate. The other options—equator, Tropic of Cancer, and the 49th parallel—are lines far from Korea and do not define its postwar boundary.

The dividing line was the 38th parallel north. After Japan surrendered in World War II, Korea was freed from colonial rule and quickly split into two occupation zones along this latitude, with the north under the Soviet Union and the south under the United States. That line functioned as the practical border between the two Koreas for years, and after the Korean War ended, the armistice established a Demilitarized Zone roughly along that same latitude, keeping the two sides separate. The other options—equator, Tropic of Cancer, and the 49th parallel—are lines far from Korea and do not define its postwar boundary.