Question - Explain how Korean was divided between the northern half and the southern half. How did this division occur?

Explain how Korean was divided between the northern half and the southern half. How did this division occur? Where did this division occur?

Answer: 

Korea had been part of the Japanese empire, but after World War II it fell to the Americans and the Soviets to decide what should be done with their enemy’s imperial possessions. In August 1945, two young aides at the State Department divided the Korean peninsula in half along the 38th parallel. The Russians occupied the area north of the line and the United States occupied the area to its south.