North and south korea became protectorates of what two nations following world war ii?
united kingdom
soviet union
united states
china

North and South Korea became protectorates of the Soviet Union and United states. So the correct options in regards to the given question are the second and the third options. Japan colonised Korea for 35 years before the result of Allied victory in the second world war II of 1945. The Soviet Union became the protectorate of North Korea and United States of America became the protectorate of South Korea. The main idea was to help Korea make a provisional government for the people of Korea and later on make it run as a free and independent country.In the year 1945 an effort was first made to create a single government for Korea.