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Imperrial Japan had ruled Korea before the World War 2. Korea was

annexed by force to Japan in 1910 in the Meiji Era. President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and President Chiang Kai-shek at the Cairo tripartite summit in 1943 agreed that Koreans be liberated from Japanese colonial rule and be allowed to be independent "in due course." President Roosevelt is assumed to have related this decision to the Joseph Stalin of the the Soviet Union at the Tehran summit talks among the U.S. president and the U.K prime minister, and Churchill, President Chiang was left behind Cairo during the Tehran.

The division of Korea into two states took place after WW2. Korea had been controlled by Japan since 1905. When the Soviet Union declared war on Japan in 1945 it quickly occupied Korea. After the surrender of Japan in 1945 the southern half of Korea was almost immediately turned over to US control. The United States had been at war with Japan since 1941.

The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union resulted in the establishment of two separate and hostile nations in 1948; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). In 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea, with the support of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. South Korea was supported by the United States and the United Nations. The Korean War, 1950-1953, ended in a stalemate, with basically the same borders that existed in 1950. These borders are contested by both sides, and are technically a temporary truce line.

North Korea was established and supported by the Soviet Union. South Korea was established and supported by the United States. The division between the two Koreas is artificial, a result of WW2 and global political rivalry during the Cold War. After the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War the People's Republic of China has become the principal ally and supporter of North Korea. The communist People's Republic of China came into existence in 1948, the same year the partition of Korea took place.

US troops continue to be stationed in South Korea, and the relationship between the two Koreas is hostile and often volatile. North Korea's development of nuclear weapons contributes greatly to this volatility, as does its severe economic problems. South Korea, in contrast, has developed one of the world's most prosperous national economies.

The question misrepresents the way the war started. North Korea was in the Communist bloc while South Korea was oriented to the free world. The United Nations was actively engaged in keeping the peace at a time when it was less than five years in existence. When North Korea suddenly invaded South Korea with the purpose of unifying the country, the US called for a special session of the Security Council to restore peace. Oddly, the Soviet Union was at the time boycotting the meetings on an unrelated issue. If the SU had been present, it certainly would have vetoed any action, but as it happened the Security Council ordered the UN members to come to the defense of South Korea. The US and 15 other nations sent troops, By that time only Pusan in the southern tip had not been overrun by North troops. The UN forces, under the command of the US Gen. McArthur, pushed back and continued almost as far as the Yalu River in the north, but the Chinese Communist army joined the North Korean side. When the battle line returned approximately to the original dividing line, there was a stalemate and eventually an armistice, although to this day there is no peace.

From 1910 until the end of World War Two, Korea was a part of the Japanese Empire, and therefore Emperor Hirohito was its head of state. The emperor's representative during that period was the Governor General, resident in Seoul. (For a list of Governors General, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_Korea.)

It was only after World War II that the Soviet Union and the United States agreed to split Korea into two zones of occupation, ostensibly in order to speed up the surrender of Japanese troops and to get them out of Korea faster.

The story goes that two US State Department officials (Bonesteel and Rusk) took out a National Geographic Magazine map and saw that the 38th parallel of latitude divided the Korean peninsula almost equally into half, while keeping the capital, Seoul, within the southern (American) zone of occupation. That is why they arbitrarily decided to make that the dividing line between Soviet and American forces.

North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) was not formally a state until September 1948, when the foundation of that state was declared, and Kim Il Sung its president.

Currently, Korea is split into two countries: North Korea and South Korea.

North Korea
North Korea is a unique type of state, properly classified as a DYNASTIC COMMUNIST STATE. This means that the country is a Communist State, but has succession in leadership passing along a dynastic line like a monarchy. Some consider Dynastic Communism to be part of the Absolute Monarchy category, because of the similarities, while others argue that since the leader of a Dynastic Communist State does not use royal titles that the state is not a proper monarchy.

It is important also to notice the vast differences between North Korea and other Communist regimes. It has a dynastic rulership as opposed to a Politburo like the USSR or PR China. It has a strong statist religion (Juche) in place of a pure absence of religion, making it resemble a theocracy more than an atheist secularist regime. The military in North Korea also has a more direct role in governance than even the People's Liberation Army in PR China and this is more representative of Caudillo-states like Ghadhafi's Libya or Franco's Spain.

South Korea
South Korea is a PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC, which is a form of indirect democracy. This means that there is an elected President who serves as the head of state and the head of the government. The President has a large number of powers, but those powers are checked by the Constitutional Court and the National Assembly. The National Assembly, the unicameral legislature, is responsible for passing bills to be reviewed by the President. (The United States is also a Presidential Republic, which is why the system might look familiar to Americans.)

Korea's area is about the same size as the state of Utah.

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some korean traditions are bowing to adults as a hello. more to elders and mature adults. a culture is they like to gather as a family and eat sam guep sal. koreans wear a clothing called han-bok on New Years Day when they bow down to elders and recieve money. koreans have a lot of traditional songs and games...a LOT

North Korea's economic system is restricted due to it's communist form of government. South Korea's economic performance has no restrictions.

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To answer North Korea's aggression, restore regional stability and return

the border between North and South Korea to the 38th parellel.

Sun lacked the military support and authority to secure national unity, which is why he turned over the presidency to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai served as President of the Republic of China form 1912 to 1915.

Well over 75 percent of Vietnam is Buddhist because when China took over Vietnam, China taught people in Vietnam their culture and shared it.

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Military action was possible because the UN Security Council voted in favour of it. At the time, the USSR was boycotting the council and was therefore not present to exercise a veto. China was represented by Taiwan (ROC).

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sometimes warm and sometimes cloudy

Korean weather is rather abysmal and thankfully, the country's people redeem its deplorable weather. During the summer and early autumn, Korea is very hot and humid, with temperatures that usually hover between 30-40 degrees and humidity above 80% most days. As the autumn progresses, the monsoon season and heavy rains begin. Winter can get rather cold with snow falling even in lowland areas. The spring has normal temperatures and humidities, but the shifting winds mean that all of the pollution generated by China is blown over Korea once a week, leading to days where the government advises Koreans not to go outside.

North Korea's natural resources are coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower

Coal,lead,iron ore, copper,gold,sald,etc.

The demarcation line between North and South Korea is located near the 38th parallel. This line essentially divides the two countries along the latitude of 38 degrees North.

Koreans use Korean language characters such as 안녕하세요

There are online translation programs on Google and Bing.

(The word TEST is 테스트 )

Korea began as Three Seperate Kingdoms

Seoul is the capital of South Korea.