We all know how North and South Korea were created. After World War II, the United Nations split the Korean peninsula along the 38th parallel as a temporary measure, giving trusteeship to the U.S. and USSR until general elections could be held. The unfortunate breakdown of relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, which resulted in the rise of the Cold War, prevented reunification of the two Koreas, and the USSR established a permanent communist government in North Korea. Elections were scheduled for 1947 to allow the two territories to reunite, but the Soviet Union boycotted the proceedings. In 1948, Kim Il-sung, who had visions of starting a dynasty, declared the northern part of the country the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Predictably, the move was immediately supported by the Soviet Union and China, but not the United States. After three years of ongoing skirmishes and the mistaken belief by the U.S. in the domino theory of communism, in 1950, war finally broke out between the two Koreas.