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Border Dispute: The North Korea and South Korea
The Korean peninsula is divided into two countries - North Korea and South Korea. North Korea is bounded by Russia and China, with Pyongyang as its capital. South Korea has Seoul as its capital and is more westernized. The peninsula was divided after World War 2, with North Korea supported by the Soviet Union and China and South Korea supported by the United States. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunify the peninsula under communist rule, triggering the Korean War. Though North Korea initially succeeded, the United States led a United Nations force that pushed them back. An armistice in 1953 established the current border between North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.
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- 2. It isa peninsula on the eastern coast of Asia, it is divided into North Korea and South Korea It runs along 38°N parallel for 148 miles (238 km) between the Sea of Japan in the east and the Yellow sea in the west.
- 3. North Koreais bounded in the North east by Russia and in the north by China, in the east by the Sea of Japan, in the south by South Korea, and in the west by the Yellow sea. Capital: P’yongyang A multiparty state Has one of the world’s largest army
- 4. South Koreais a peninsular country in eastern Asia Its only land boundary is in the North with North Korea. Capital: Seoul More westernized
- 5. Peninsula wasdivided into two nations; One supported by the United States and the other by the Soviet Union and China. In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea The invasion was the idea of North Korean premier Kim II Sung the risk that China would enter the war was accepted willingly by General Douglas McArthur 38th parallel as a military division Dwight Eisenhower Tension with South Korea eased dramatically in June 2000, when South Korea’s President met with North Korea’s President in Pyongyang and it marked the first ever meeting of the two countries’ leaders.
- 6. The invasionwas the idea of Kim II Sung, who managed to convince Stalin that the South Koreans would greet the Northerners as liberators, thus ensuring an easy, quick victory for the North. The risk that China would enter the war was accepted willingly by General McArthur because they were so sure that the Chinese won’t intervene but the Chinese did intervene. Expanding Communism in Korea The rise of Cold War tensions between Communist and non-Communist nations. The divided Korea using the 38th parallel
- 7. High numberof casualties in North Korea and South Korea widened the gap between the United States and the Soviet Union on the issue of communism South Korea is now an economic power while North Korea suffers deep poverty.