History of Korea

It was the land in between North and South Korea that was off-limits to military operations/buildup/war. It crossed the 38th Parallel.

Both the United States and Russia made the decision to divide Korea at the 38th parallel.

North Korea is a one-party, socialist, and dictatorial state. The official political ideology of North Korea is called Juche, a combination of Marxist-Leninist principles and self-reliance/self-dependence.

The worst flood in history was when God flooded the whole earth and killed every living thing on the face of the earth with the exception of Noah and his family.

Evidence for this global flood has been objectively documented on every continent.

Genesis Chapters 6,7, & 8 explain why our Creator rightly passed judgment through this unique event in history. It is, after all, the only consistent record of the account that has been passed down through the generations.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/really-a-flood-and-ark

Of course considering that you are speaking of modern history , the answer given may be the best answer ..

However, if you get your information from more than one book, you could know that many civilization did indeed have great flood stories in their history because the majority of ancient civilizations lived in close proximity to major river (Tigris, Euphrates,Ganges, Nile, Yangtzee, ect) and these river all have seasons where they will flood and some floods are much larger than others due to number of variables.

For info of great floods in modern history: during Chang Kai Chek's retreat from Japanese troops he destroyed dams on the yellow river killing between 500,000 and 900,000 in 1938 however a flood in 1931 killed between 1 - 3.7 million while a flood in 1898 killed between 1 and 2 million.

Through known history, Korea has been mostly independent.

Majorly:

During the Ghengis Khan Mongolia period, Korea had a puppet monarchy.

During the 19th Century to WWII, Korea was colonized to Japanese masters.

But, otherwise, Korea has been pretty much independent.

The caveats are that Korea has been divided, united, chopped, glued together again, but Korean history consider this in-fighting between the Korean people, it isn't recorded as occupation. Also, when you see how large and close China is, you can understand that during various periods, Korea was subservient to China.

However, during the 5000 years that is considered as the history of the Korean race, the Korean peninsula has been under the rule of Koreans in one name or another for the whole period, even in the two cases mentioned above.

The main 'disputes' with South Korean and Taiwan is mainly due to South Korea's close relationships with China, where South Korea used to maintain a close relationship with Taiwan but however fell off due to political pressure from China. Some Taiwanese might just have taken this a bit too personally and felt betrayed however when in reality China was too much of a power to ignore diplomatically in South Korea's point of view. Koreans in particular besides the slight distaste from the unfounded hate from several of the extremist right wing people in Taiwan mostly has positive views about Taiwan as an strong independent country.

Japan was already seperated from China from the start, and Korea became seperated from mainland China by Japanese influence expanding in Korea after Sino-Japanese war in 1895.

For all intents and purposes, North Korea is a totalitarian monarchy.

After Korea became independent after Japan in 1945, Korea didn't have unified government. US military controlled South and USSR controlled North.

Yes, North Korea and South Korea are two different countries.

Not that long ago, Christianity was considered offensive in North Korea and simply possessing a bible was cause for arrest. Today, Christianity is highly suppressed, but Christians in North Korea are represented by the Korean Christian Federation. This government-controlled organization is in charge of all contact with other churches and governments by Christians in North Korea.

There are many important historical figures throughout the History of Korea. Determining which of them is the MOST important person is up to your personal opinion. Some of the most important Korean historical figures include, Dangun of Gojoseon (legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom), Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (credited with making the Korean kingdom Goguryeo into a major Asian power), Wang Geon of Goryeo (credited with the founding of Goryeo as well as the complete unification of the Korean peninsula), King Sejong the Great of Joseon (credited with the creation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet, as well as the conquest of Tsushima and other regions), Admiral Yi Sun-Sin (savior of Joseon during the Imjin War and inventor of the ingenuous turtle ship), and Syngman Rhee and Kim Il-Sung (for dividing the Korean peninsula after 1300 years of unification).

The US is not permitted to patrol North Korea, nor do they. The US military does however have military bases in south Korea as part of a treaty to protect them against a possible attack by North Korea.

its for 5 years.

Kim Il Sung (died 1994) is the Eternal President

His son, Kim Jong Il, is the leader in practice.

What kind of goverment does South Korea have ?

They beat you up if you do bad in school whether it's the teacher or your parents, someone will pay for your grades...

NO. North Korea is a unitary state, not a federation. As a result, it has no federal government, but rather a single national government.

Korea is no different than America. You call for a taxi or wave to catch one

World War 2. After Japan surrendered, North Korea was liberated by the USSR, and South Korea by the US. A few years later the Korean War was fought, and the previous division at the 38th Parallel was reaffirmed.

I believe it was 18 years: from 1994(after the death of Kim Il Jong) until last year, Dec 7, 2011.

You can't say that. Korea is a strong and modernized country like japan. They are the chosen ones in Science, education, construction, computer , cellar phones, military, and information technology(IT).Japan doesn't even stands a chance to Korean on these field. So wake up, and study more about both countries. Don't rely on the fact that japan is a better country than Korea in technology. Japanese can't even sing a song.They all have the same voice.

North Korea lacks anything resembling a constitution that limits the authority of the government. Since it lacks such a document, it is not a constitutional government.

NO. South Korea is a sovereign and independent country. Additionally, at no point in history was Korea ever under French control.

north-Korea is a truly poor country and it is ruled by a dictatorial regime.