The US was taking over the occupation of Korea from the Japanese. The USSR wanted the Koreans to govern themselves and be self-sufficient enough to not become vassal states of the USA which the USA would use to invade and nuke the USSR.
It’s not just a both sides wanted to control Korea thing. That’s not accurate
I think both USSR and USA would’ve preferred a single government but ofc they wanted it to be the on their side
The US was taking over the occupation of Korea from the Japanese. The USSR wanted the Koreans to govern themselves and be self-sufficient enough to not become vassal states of the USA which the USA would use to invade and nuke the USSR.
It’s not just a both sides wanted to control Korea thing. That’s not accurate