Answer: the two koreas wanted more land than the other and at the same time north korea was ruled by russia aka it was a comunist state and the us did not like that The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. ... Afraid that the US was interested in taking North Korea as a base for operations against Manchuria, the People's Republic of China secretly sent an army across the Yalu River.
Explanation: so basicaly it was a huge tug o war between land HOPE THIS HELPS