(I) Much worse is the national apathy about the Korean War, where the civilian count was higher, at around 2.73 million.Japanese incursions into Korea began around 1870, but Great Power politics enabled the Koreans to stave off colonization for a few more decades before Japan finally annexed Korea in 1910. (II)Resistance to Japanese rule intensified with the advent of communism, and the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945 led to the declaration of Korean independence.The Soviet Union was not a force in the Pacific theatre of war; it had played no direct part in the liberation of Korea. (III)The history of Korea in the first half of the 20th century is germane to the present situation.The consequence was that the spoils of war were, upon Japan’s surrender on 15 August, now to be divided between the victorious Americans and Russians, who carved out zones of influence. Korea might well have remained a unified country, had either the US or the Soviet Union lavished any real attention on it. (IV)It was along the 38th parallel that two countries came into existence in 1948.

(I) Much worse is the national apathy about the Korean War, where the

1.	(I) Much worse is the national apathy about the Korean War, where the civilian count was higher, at around 2.73 million.Japanese incursions into Korea began around 1870, but Great Power politics enabled the Koreans to stave off colonization for a few more decades before Japan finally annexed Korea in 1910. (II)Resistance to Japanese rule intensified with the advent of communism, and the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945 led to the declaration of Korean independence.The Soviet Union was not a force in the Pacific theatre of war; it had played no direct part in the liberation of Korea. (III)The history of Korea in the first half of the 20th century is germane to the present situation.The consequence was that the spoils of war were, upon Japan’s surrender on 15 August, now to be divided between the victorious Americans and Russians, who carved out zones of influence. Korea might well have remained a unified country, had either the US or the Soviet Union lavished any real attention on it. (IV)It was along the 38th parallel that two countries came into existence in 1948.
A.	Only I and IV
B.	Only II and III
C.	Only I, II and III
D.	Only II, III and IV
E.	All except II
Answer» F.

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