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- JUNE 25, 1950. // America in the Korean War;1998, p9
Discusses the invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans on June 25, 1950. Sites attacked by North Korean soldiers; Problems experienced by the South Korean troops during the attack; Mission of the North Koreans under the command of General Chai Ung Jun.
- THE LANDING AT INCHON. McGowen, Tom // Assault from the Sea: Amphibious Invasions of the 20th Century;2002, p57
Presents information on the amphibious invasions in Inchon, South Korea in 1950. Background on Korea after the World War II; Political orientation of South Korea and North Korea; Description of the North Korean invasion of South Korea; Details on the destruction of the Wolmi-do island by the...
- GHOSTS OF CHEJU. Wehrfritz, George; Lee, B.J. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);06/19/2000, Vol. 135 Issue 25, p15
Focuses on the atrocities committed during the pre-Korean war Seoul regime in the South Korean island of Cheju. Attack on the island by South Korean authorities to root out communists; Information gathered about the regime through declassified documents from the United States National Archive...
- UNIFYING KOREA BECOMES A MORE DISTANT GOAL. Sangillo, Gregg // National Journal;7/28/2001, Vol. 33 Issue 30, p2424
Provides information on the unification of North and South Korea. Political history of Korea; Summit meeting between Korean leaders Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong II; Views on armistice agreement; Details of Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; Implication of economic integration to both countries.
- The commonwealth in Korea. Catchpole, Brian // History Today;Nov98, Vol. 48 Issue 11, p33
Focuses on the sufferings and heroism of the Commonwealth Division in Korea in the first major conflict of the Cold War in the mid-nineteenth century. Contingents that comprised the division; Information on how the Republic of Korea was formed; Details on the invasion of South Korea by the...
- Korea: echoes of a war. Butler, Steven // U.S. News & World Report;06/19/2000, Vol. 128 Issue 24, p32
Reports on the first-ever meeting between leaders from North and South Korea which will happen in June 2000, fifty years to the month after the start of the Korean war. How the division between the north and south at the 38th parallel was an arbitrary mistake in history; History and description...
- GHOSTS OF CHEJU. Wehrfritz, George; Lee, B.J. // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);06/19/2000, Vol. 135 Issue 25, p51
Focuses on the atrocities committed during the pre-Korean war Seoul regime in the South Korean island of Cheju. Attack on the island by South Korean authorities to root out communists; Information gathered about the regime through declassified documents from the United States Archive and from...
- HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS. // Background Notes on Countries of the World: North Korea;3/9/2010, p3
The article presents information on the history and culture of North Korea. It is said that the first inhabitants of the Korean Peninsula was the people from the Ural-Altaic language family. The traditional religions of Korea are Buddhism and Shamanism, while Christian missionaries arrived in...
- Beyond the Myth: Reassessing the Security Crisis on the Korean Peninsula during the Mid-1960s. Park, Tae-Gyun // Pacific Affairs;Spring2009, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p93
In contemporary news coverage and in the academic historiography, the Republic of Korea (ROK) is often described as the victim in most clashes between the ROK and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). However, through a detailed review of the tensions in the late 1960s, this article...
