What was the effect of the Korean War?

Answer 1

The Korean War never ended, and they are still under an armistice to this day. (Ulala)

The north was left under Kim Il Sung, and now Kim Jung Il. They live in poverty, fearful of their "Great Leader". Families were split, and only recently have they been allowed to reunite under the watchful eyes of the police, carefully orchestrated by the government to win favour from the world superpowers.

The south was left as a republic, and fought hard for 50 years through bad leaders and quasi-democracy to be a success.

The Korean War brought the US and Russia further apart, and the fear of communism would later lead the US to throw itself into Vietnam, to avoid another North Korea. Back then, communism was the big evil and the US feared North Vietnam's intentions. The world was being divided between nations under the US and the Russian spheres.

The Korean War was a necessary show of strength on the US side, that they would do anything to prevent the spread of communism. It also brought China into conflict with the US, bringing bad feelings between the two countries which would last for decades.

Well probably the most significant is that the Korean Peninsula is still one of the last divided zones left over from WWII. After the war, most of the world was divided between the Communist and Western controlled zones. Korea was no different, except the divide was North-South instead of East-West. The Soviets were able to administer the Northern sector while the West was made responsible for the South. Because of UN involvement on behalf of South Korea, the divide remained. In fact, had certain errors in judgment not been made the UN forces may have been able to liberate the entire peninsula. This was thwarted due to Chinese involvement which pushed UN forces back to the original boundary line before the UN forces finally regrouped and managed to hold their ground. To this day, American troops are stationed along the border between the Koreas and there are still reports of sporadic firing. The Korean War is technically not over; all that's keeping the two sides from going to war again is a cease-fire agreement. That and now both sides it would seem either have, or have allies who possess nuclear weapons. The war also created a strong bond between South Korea and the United States, although that bond has becomes strained which as of late given the movement in South Korea towards unification or at least to a common feeling of brotherhood between all Koreans. This is purely my opinion, but I find the South Korean desire to join with the North incredibly naive. Until Kim Jong Il and the autocracy that supports him is abolished, there will never be a unified Korean Peninsula, because the US will never abandon its positions on that line holding back the North Korean Army.

Korea may also have been looked at as a model for future anti-communist wars like Vietnam, and thus served as a dangerous precedent. It was also one of the first serious military tasks of the United Nations, which proved--at least in that era--it was capable of taking action, even if it only was due to, to paraphrase Frederick the Great, "the divine stupidity of our enemies." The Soviet minister to the UN was not present when the Security Council voted to deploy military forces to aid South Korea after the North attacked, which meant that the resolution passed.

Answer 2

The main effect of the Korean War was that Korea was separated into two different countries (North Korea and South Korea)

NO! That was the result of WWII, relieving Korea of Japanese colonization.

The result of the Korean war was less about land, although it began as an attempt to re-unify Korea, having drastic sociological and economic effects.

Answer 3

They tried it again in Vietnam; succeeding that time. In June of 1950, North Korean troops invaded South Korea. President Truman, receiving the sanctions of the UN, sent American forces along with forces of 19 other nations to defend South Korea. The war ended in 1953 in a peace treaty that established the 38th paralell division of the Koreas. This conflict was basically a Cold War conflict, between Communism and the Free (democratic-capitalist) world. Today South Korea is one of the most successful capitalist enterprises, while North Korea, a Dictatorship suffers greatly unable to properly feed and house its people. Also, M.A.S.H. Even today the two parts of Korea are divided and tensions still continue. Korea would be able to greatly increase its effect in the Asian community if they were combined.

Answer 4

hardly anything significant, it ended in astalemate, and nothing was really accomplished after china entered the war. their sheer numbers overwhelmed UN forces trying to contain the spread of communism

Answer 5

The North maintained a communist government and the South adhered to a thriving capitalistic government.

Answer 6

Stopping communist aggression and preserving the ROK (Republic of South Korea).

Answer 7

At initial phase what i thought that that was just a proxy war between north ans south, but the present scenario shows that it's all about USA and China. It may catalyzed the global war 3.

Answer 8

see website: Korean War

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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