Korean DMZ

The Korean DMZ (also widely known as the 38^th parallel north due to it being 38 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane) was originally the boundary between the US-occupied and Soviet-occupied parts of Korea towards the end of World War II. After the Allied victory in World War II the country was split into two- The North and the South. Siding with the USSR, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, informally North Korea) was created and the Republic of Korea (ROK, informally South Korea) was created, siding with the US. The Korean DMZ became a De Facto in 1948, and was considered one of the tense fronts in the Cold War. After the ceasefire of the Korean War (July 27, 1953), the DMZ was created with an armistice agreement (but never a peace treaty).