North Korea–South Korea relations
Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula was divided into occupation zones since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945. The two sovereign countries were founded in the North and South of the peninsula in 1948, leading to the formal division. Despite the separation, both have claimed sovereignty over all of Korea in their constitutions and both have used the name "Korea" in English. The two countries engaged in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 which ended in an armistice agreement but without a peace treaty. North Korea is a one-party state run by the Kim family. South Korea was formerly governed by a succession of military dictatorships, save for a brief one-year democratic period from 1960 to 1961. This period of military rule lasted until thorough democratization in 1987, which followed the administrations of Park Chung-hee (1961-1979) and Chun Doo-hwan (1979-1987) and was brought about by the June Democratic Struggle and the June 29 Declaration...
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