Austin Smith and Michael Muir discuss how Korea, historically a unified peninsula, was divided in 1945 after Japan's 35-year ...

I just got out by the skin of my teeth." Following World War Two, Korea, which had been under Japan's control, was split in two along the 38th parallel. North Korea became a Soviet-backed ...

After the war ended, the United States, Great Britain, the USSR and China agreed to split Korea in half on the 38th parallel. The north would be controlled by the communist countries, China and ...

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...

70 years after the start of peace talks on the 38th parallel, Stan Grant looks at the war that never ended. The DMZ divides Korea and after all this time the two countries are still no closer to a ...

China responded to the approaching UN force by sending over 250,000 Chinese “volunteers” into North Korea. These volunteers helped to push the UN forces back across the 38th parallel.