Discussion
Which one of the following parallel lines divides the two Koreas (North and South Korea) ?
Answer: D
The two Koreas are divided by the 38th Parallel.
In August 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to split Korea along the 38th parallel north for accepting the Japanese surrender, the Soviets to the north and the Americans to the south. Two separate states emerged in 1948, and the Korean War began in 1950 when the North crossed the line.
Strictly, the present boundary is the Military Demarcation Line of the 1953 armistice, which runs diagonally across the 38th parallel inside a demilitarised zone, but it is still universally referred to by that parallel. The 28th, 34th and 36th parallels have no role in the division.
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