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In the world’s free nations last week there were men who urged that U.N. forces content themselves with shooing North Koreans across the 38th parallel. Leading spokesman for this group was Prime ...

First Crossing. On June 25, 1950, a Russian-armed North Korean army drove south across the 38th parallel in a surprise attack. The same day, the U.N. Security Council branded the assault aggression.

John joined Newsweek in 2020 after reporting in Central Europe and the United Kingdom ... Korean Peninsula roughly in half along the 38th Parallel north. The 2.5-mile wide, 160-mile long buffer ...

Reports from the 38th parallel, which divides the Northern and Southern parts of Korea, said that attacks were launched generally along the border. They said the North Koreans were supported by ...

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.

Douglas MacArthur, American troops pushed the North Koreans above the 38th parallel and then onward to the Chinese border. Victory seemed assured. However, as chronicled by David Halberstam in his ...

Since the guns of the Korean War fell silent on 27 July 1953, tens of thousands of US troops have remained in South Korea to cast a wary eye across the 38th parallel to North Korea. Together with ...