Because the superpowers were unable to agree on a framework for the reunification of the country, in 1948 they consented to the establishment of two separate Korean states: the Republic of Korea and the people's democratic Republic of Korea. 25 June 1950, the unstable political situation in Korea came to a head. North Korea attacks South Korea. The U.S. Convinced the UN that the USSR would occupy South Korea if they did not intervene.

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