The Forgotten War
North Korea, often called the Hermit Kingdom, has remained largely isolated from the rest of the world, following the Korean War. This has not been healthy for North Korea.
The Korean conflict (1950-53). It has been nicknamed "the war that never ended" because there has yet been no reconcilliation between North Korea and South Korea.
The Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 , was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. (Although a cease-fire and repatriations were made, the war was never ended by treaty.)Some consider this Cold War-era conflict to have been a proxy war between the United States and its allies, and the Communist powers of the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The principal combatants wereNorth Korea, supported by People's Volunteer Army (PVA) of Communist China, and later Soviet combat advisors, aircraft pilots, and weapons; andSouth Korea, supported principally by the United States (U.S.), the United Kingdom (UK), and the Philippines, although many other nations sent troops under the aegis of the United Nations (UN).In South Korea, it is often called "625" (the date of the start of the conflict), or, more formally, Hanguk Jeonjaeng.In the United States, the conflict was termed a police action, as the Korean Conflict, under the aegis of the United Nations, rather than a war, largely in order to remove the necessity of a Congressional declaration of war.
One GI in Vietnam stated that it was a corrupt pronunciation of the Korean word for "foreigner", and GIs had been called that term during the Korean War...so GIs adopted the usage.
The State of the Union Address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 9, 1959, did not include any reference to the Korean Conflict, or any specific mention of South or North Korea. The Korean Armistice had been signed six years earlier in 1953, and the United States had not been involved in any other military action since then.
No. Only two nuclear devices have been used in conflict. They were both used in Japan to raze Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
If it is an armed conflict, it is called a civil war. If it has not been reduced to organized violence, it could be a riot, or merely politics.
Force has been called upon to maintain peace in situations of armed conflict, riots, protests, and civil unrest. This may involve the deployment of police, military, or other security forces to restore order and protect civilians. The use of force is often a last resort when other methods of conflict resolution have failed.
In Korean, jade is called "비취" (pronounced "bijwi"). This term specifically refers to the jade stone, which is highly valued in Korean culture for its beauty and significance. Jade has been used in various forms of art, jewelry, and traditional practices throughout Korean history.
The korean 'war', if officially considered a war, as opposed to a 'police action', would predate the vietnam war, which has also been referred to as a 'conflict'. Semantics aside, u.s. 'involvement' in korea predated u.s. 'involvement' in vietnam.
The giant squid has often been called a sea monster.
The only big lesson learned was North Vietnam was not invaded. During the Korean War, N. Korea was invaded; that brought in Red China. That strategy was not repeated in the Viet War.