Soviet policy toward North Korea (1945 – 1948)

Phung Hoang Le1,
1 Ho Chi Minh City University of Education

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Under the impact of the foreign policy’s top strategic goal for the national security, the Soviet leader J. Stalin pursued a firm foreign policy in North Korea during the years 1945-1948. This policy played a certain role in dividing the Korean Peninsula into two separate states: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and The Republic of Korea in 1948.

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