1. Examining the roots of the Korean conflict?
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3. Korea is a peninsula in East
Asia.

4. Korea’s location allowed for cultural diffusion from China.

5. Questions Where is Korea located?
Which country most influenced Korea’s culture? Why?

6. Korea’s location also made it vulnerable. Korea became
a Japanese colony in 1910.

7. But after the Second World War
and the defeat of the Japanese
military, Korea was divided.

8. Yet again, Cold War tensions
had influenced world history.

9. The Soviets controlled the North and Kim Il-Sung led
a Stalinist regime in North Korea.

10. An American-backed government
ruled the South.

11. The 38th parallel served as the dividing line between
North Korea and South Korea.

12. Questions: Explain why Korea was split into 2 separate nations?
What is the dividing line between the 2 nations called?

13. But in 1950, the North Korean army
crossed the 38th parallel. The
South was invaded.

14. The Korean War lasted for
three years. Finally, the
North Korean armies were
pushed back.

15. Once again, the 38th parallel served as the dividing line
and in addition, a Demilitarized Zone or DMZ
was created on the border.

16. While Kim Il-Sung served as the Communist dictator of
North Korea, he maintained
a command economy and
insisted on Juche or self-reliance.

17. Kim Jong-Il, Kim Il Sung’s son,
followed his father as leader
of North Korea. It was the first
ever dynastic succession in
a communist nation.

18. Kim Jong-Il isolated North Korea
and severely punished critics.

19. Kim Jong-Il controlled all information in North Korea.

20. Dear Leader, as Kim Jong-Il is known, even started to
develop a nuclear program.

21. Peninsula is a land where the potential for conflict still exists.
Sadly, the Korean
Peninsula is a land where
the potential for conflict
still exists.

22. questions How did the Korean War End?
What problems do you believe may occur because of the results of the war?