1. Korea A brief history

2. Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) Russian Empire fought Imperial Japan for control of Korea Russia was defeated

3. Japan took control of Korea in 1905 The Korean army was disbanded Korean language and cultured were outlawed Japanese families began settling in Korea

4. Kim Il Sung became leader of the KPRA, the guerilla resistance in 1932 He led attacks on the Japanese for the next ten years

5. Japanese occupation during World War II Men were conscripted into labor battalions Women were forced into service as “comfort women”

6. Kim Il- Sung fled to the Soviet Union

7. At the Yalta Conference in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38 th Parallel Allies landed in Korea on September 8 Soviets entered Korea on August 12

8. 1948 Soviets set up a Democratic People’s Republic in North Korea

9. 1948 United States sets up the Republic of South Korea

10. In 1950, North Korea invaded the South The war lasted 3 years, 4 million people died

12. Kim Il-Sung established an authoritarian dictatorship of North Korea He headed North Korea's government from 1948 until his death in 1994.

13. His son, Kim Jong Il became North Korea’s next leader making North Korea a communist dynasty

14. The 90’s was a time of terrible famine in North Korea One million people or more died of starvation

15. In 2006, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear weapons test, and a second test in 2009 It is the 8 th country to have nuclear weapons (U.S., Russia, U.K., France, China, India, Pakistan)

16. Kim Jong-Il died on December 17 th He will be succeeded by Kim Jong Un, his third son