What was the situation in the Far East in 1949?

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What was the situation in the Far East in 1949?
- 1910-45
  - Korea was controlled by Japan
- 1945
  - Japanese troops based in Korea surrendered to the North of Korea to Soviet Russia and the South to the Americans
  - The dividing line between the Soviet and American zones was set at the 38th Parallel
- 1947
  - UNO called for free, nationwide elections to elect a democratic government for the whole of Korea
- 1948
  - elections held in the south under UNO supervision
    - The Republic of Korea set up
    - Seoul is its capital and centre of government
    - under the presidency Syngman Rhee
  - Soviets establish the Democratic People' republic of Korea
    - under the leadership of Kim Il-Sung
    - Pyongyang the capital and centre of government of North Korea
Both the North Korean and South Korean government claimed to be the legitimate government of the whole of Korea

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