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North Korea and its diplomatic relations have long been a high priority issue now the situation has only deteriorated When Japanese forces withdrew from Korea after World War II The Soviet Union and The United States set up provisional governments in their respective halves of Korea After the merging of these two provisional governments ended only in a stalemate the United States requested United Nations involvement The U N ruled that free elections were to be held in Korea but The Soviet Union not wanting the U N involved in the first place refuted this decision When elections were held they were boycotted in the North thus only the South voted because of this the anti communist Syngman Rhee was elected Kim Il Sung established the Democratic People s Republic of Korea DPRK and with backing from The Soviet Union was installed as the ruler of North Korea Soon after South Korea officially declared its independence from the DPRK In the next two years before the Korean War North Korea instigated many bloody conflicts on the border Finally in 1950 North Korea with the full support of the Soviet Union launched an attack into South Korea The U N led by The U S immediately came to South Korea s aid Three years later the war ended nothing was accomplished aside from over two and a half million casualties a three mile wide demilitarized zone between North and South Korea and an unofficial truce
