South Korea had no legal or popular basis whatsoever. It didn’t exist until the US unilaterally imposed it. The comprador South Korean government was extremely unpopular prior to the Korean War.
The USA true to form, after a war of utter devastation on the Korean people - and unable to win - forced them into the North and South. It tried to do the same in Vietnam but Ho Chi Min wouldn't have any of it! And chased out the Americans. As they did with the French.
South Korea had no legal or popular basis whatsoever. It didn’t exist until the US unilaterally imposed it. The comprador South Korean government was extremely unpopular prior to the Korean War.
The USA true to form, after a war of utter devastation on the Korean people - and unable to win - forced them into the North and South. It tried to do the same in Vietnam but Ho Chi Min wouldn't have any of it! And chased out the Americans. As they did with the French.