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   What happened to South Korea in the 1980s?

   • By the 1980s, however, South Korea’s economy boomed, while growth in the north stagnated. The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc hurt North Korea’s economy and left the Kim regime with China as its only remaining ally. In 1994, Kim Il Sung died of a heart attack and was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Il.

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   Why was Korea divided into two occupation zones?

   • Korea was divided into two occupation zones that were intended to be temporary. However, a unified state was never given back to the newly independent Korean people. Instead, the Korean War broke out between the Soviet and Chinese-backed northern half of Korea and the United States and United Nations-backed south.

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   How did the March first movement affect Korea?

   • Throughout the occupation, protest movements pushed for Korean independence. In 1919, the March First Movement proclaimed Korean independence and more than 1,500 demonstrations broke out. The protests were brutally suppressed by the Japanese, but not before the desire for independence swept through Korea.

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   Feb 2, 2018 · HISTORY OF KOREA. Around A.D. 668, several competing kingdoms were unified into a single dominion on the Korean Peninsula. Successive regimes maintained Korean political and cultural independence...

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   Feb 9, 2018 · North and South Korea have been divided for more than 70 years, ever since the Korean Peninsula became an unexpected casualty of the escalating Cold War between two rival superpowers: the...

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   Feb 28, 2018 · Between 1910 and 1945, Japan worked to wipe out Korean culture, language and history. By: Erin Blakemore Updated: July 17, 2023 | Original: February 28, 2018

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   Sep 28, 2017 · North Korea, a secretive communist country that was founded in 1948, has threatened international stability in recent years with an aggressive nuclear program.

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   Nov 9, 2009 · Getty Images. The Korean war began on June 25, 1950, when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed ...

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   Jul 26, 2013 · Demilitarized Zone. 1. Korea was split in half after World War II. Japan ruled over Korea from 1905 until the end of World War II, after which the Soviet Union occupied the northern half of the...