This past June 25, 1950 tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers stormed across the 38th parallel, the line on a map ...

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.

In August 1945, at the end of World War II, Russia and the United States divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel into communist north and western-aligned south, setting the stage for one ...

70 years after the start of peace talks on the 38th parallel, Stan Grant looks at the war that never ended. The DMZ divides Korea and after all this time the two countries are still no closer to a ...

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...