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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 Soviet...
- Sarah Pruitt
On 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to re-unify the peninsula under its communist rule. The subsequent Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, ended with a stalemate and has left Korea divided by the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) up to the present day.
Jul 18, 2019 · Key Takeaways: The Division of North and South Korea. Despite being unified off and on for nearly 1,500 years, the Korean peninsula was divided into North and South as a result of the breakup of the Japanese empire at the end of World War II.
- Kallie Szczepanski
Unlike the U.S. forces in the south, the Soviet army marched into the north in 1945 accompanied by a band of expatriate Korean communists. By placing the latter in key positions of power, the Soviet Union easily set up a communist-controlled government in the north.
The division of Korea, after existing as a sovereign unified kingdom from 932 to 1910, struck both the North and the South governments as unacceptable. The clash of ideologies, communist and democratic/free enterprise, in Korea made the 38th parallel the flash point for the new Cold War.
Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula has been divided into North Korea and South Korea since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945. The two governments were founded in the two regions in 1948, leading to the consolidation of division.
Feb 6, 2018 · The Korean Peninsula was formally divided in 1945. The South shed its military dictatorship and opened up to the world. The North remained isolated and authoritarian, and endured a...
