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Korean War
during the war
1950
North Korea invaded South Korea
N.Korea leader, Kim il-sung
reunite Korea under Communist rule
US president, Harry Truman
asked help to UN
American general, Douglas MacArthur
pushed all the way to north to Chinese border
China - threatened
sent soldiers
fighting went on for 2 years
cease-fire
The Peace Agreement
Before the war
Korea
Japanese colony
35 years
independence
Japan's defeat
WWII
split into two
North
occupied by Soviet Union
a Communist government
distribute wealth evenly
dictatorship
South
US
non-Communist
Cold War
fight between US & USSR
After war
the demilitarized zone (DMZ)
North Korea
more and more isolated