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49 minutes ago · A North Korean flag flutters on top of the 160-metre tall tower at North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation ...
3 days ago · North Korea's military, officially known as the Korean People's Army (KPA), stands as the fourth-largest in the world. Despite its significant presence, the KPA remains an enigma, largely hidden ...
2 days ago · The authoritarian military rule in South Korea began in 1961 with a coup, and underwent a leadership change in 1979 following the assassination of then-president Park Chung-Hee. Park had established the Yusin constitution in 1972, which provided a legal basis for his lifetime rule; the republic’s normal constitutional order ceased to function ...
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3 days ago · The Korean War was a conflict (1950–53) between North Korea, aided by China, and South Korea, aided by the UN with the U.S. as the principal participant. At least 2.5 million people lost their lives in the fighting, which ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states separated by the 38th parallel.
- Allan R. Millett
- Why did the Korean War start?After defeating Japan in World War II, Soviet forces occupied the Korean Peninsula north of the 38th parallel and U.S. forces occupied the south. K...
- How was the United States involved in the Korean War?Prior to Kim Il-Sung’s Soviet-backed invasion in 1950, the United States military was involved in rebuilding Korea south of the 38th parallel and t...
- How were China and the Soviet Union involved in the Korean War?After the partition of the Korean Peninsula in 1945, the Soviet Union was instrumental in purging its zone of political dissidents and supporting t...
- Was the Korean War technically a war?The armed conflict in Korea, which began in 1950, lasted three years and claimed the lives of millions of Korean soldiers and civilians on both sid...
- How did the Korean War end?On July 27, 1953, the United Nations Command reached an armistice with China and North Korea. A demilitarized zone (DMZ) was established along the...
1 day ago · Kim Jong-Un was declared North Korea's supreme leader after the death of his father in December 2011. In April 2012 his status was validated by the acquisition of several official titles: first secretary of the Korean Workers' Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and chairman of the National Defense Commission, which was the country’s highest bureaucratic authority.
4 days ago · North Korea has condemned the U.S. for conducting a no-explosion nuclear experiment that it claims destabilizes global security, vowing to recalibrate its own nuclear deterrence measures in response. The U.S. Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced last week that it conducted a “subcritical experiment at an underground facility in Nevada on May 14 […]
2 days ago · North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during an event for the completion of the newly built Central Cadres Training School of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on May 21, 2024, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on May 22. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
