Austin Smith and Michael Muir discuss how Korea, historically a unified peninsula, was divided in 1945 after Japan's 35-year ...

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...

After the Korean War ended in 1953, the peninsula was separated by a haphazard line drawn from east to west. Neighbors on opposite sides of the line suddenly held different nationalities, and ...

After the war ended, the United States, Great Britain, the USSR and China agreed to split Korea in half on the 38th parallel. The north would be controlled by the communist countries, China and ...

Without its own government, Korea was temporarily divided along the 38th parallel - by 2 US soldiers looking at a National Geographic map. The northern half was allied to the Soviet Union.

China responded to the approaching UN force by sending over 250,000 Chinese “volunteers” into North Korea. These volunteers helped to push the UN forces back across the 38th parallel.