With the end of World War II, Korea: a. was under joint American and British occupation. b. was left under the control of Japan. c. was invaded by the Soviets. d. quickly emerged as a regional power. e. became divided into northern and southern halves.

e.became divided into northern and southern halves.

Explanation:

With the end of World War II, Korea became divided into northern and southern halves when the northern territory of Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union and the south by the United States.As tensions grew after the declaration of the Soviet–Japanese War, the 38th Parallel was demarcated to draw a boundary between North and South Korea as the two sides had many differences. The war between the two sides finally ended in 1953 after an armistice.