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It marked the beginning of the Korean War.

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It was the boundry between North and South Korea.

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That was on 25 June 1950, wwhen North Korea invaded South Korea without any warning.

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The sionificance was that crossing was an act of war.

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Q: What was the significance of the 38th parellel before the Korean war?
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How was the significance of the 38 parallel before and after the Korean war?

There was no significance. The 38th Parallel was ignored through out the war.


What is the significance of the 38 parallel?

The 38th parallel was the boundary between the northern and southern halves of the Korean peninsula between World War 2 and the Korean War. After the Korean War the border between North Korea and South Korea did not change much and therefore is still sometimes referred to as the 38th parallel, though it is not along the actual 38th parallel north as it used to be.


What line of latitude divided Korea after world war 2?

North and South Korea were divided (and still are) by the 38th Parallel North.


What divided line North Korean and south Korean?

The 38th Parallel


What is the term for the geographical dividing line North South Korea?

DMZ. It was 38th parallel before the Korean War


Where is the Korean peninsula divided?

At the 38th Parallel


What is the dimilitarized in the Korean War?

38th parallel


What was the divider in the Korean War?

The 38th Parallel.


What was Korean peninsula divided along?

38th parallel


When was Korea divided by the 38th parallel?

Korea was divided by the 38th parallel in the year 1945.


Approximately where was the border set between North Korea and South Korea at the time of the cease-fire in the Korean War?

38th parallelThe Border at the begging of the war was commonly known as the 38th Parallel.


The 38th parallel is associated with what war?

The Korean War. The 38th parallel is also associated with World War 2. At the Potsdam Conference the US and the Soviet Union agreed that each would invade the Korean Peninsula to defeat the Japanese there. The Soviet Union was to attack from the North and the US from the south. They would both stop at the 38th parallel.