The film details the events leading to the Korean War, beginning with the division of Korea at the 38th parallel after Japan's surrender in 1945. It highlights the political tensions between the ...

The very messiness of definition and outcome in Korea has contemporary resonance, given the difficulty of imagining what a ...

The 38th parallel in Korea has become almost as famous as another imaginary line, the equator. The political history of the 38th:Origin. Three days before Japan's surrender, Russian troops ...

Map Shows Where North Korea Has Placed Land Mines in Demilitarized ... The DMZ is a heavily militarized strip of land that divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half along the 38th Parallel north.

Clearly, with supplies from the Chinese and Russian comrades over the border, the enemy was feverishly building up a defense 80 miles north of the 38th parallel. By next dawn a big U.N. aerial ...

There is a reason why it is considered the Forgotten War. Sandwiched between World War II and the Vietnam War, the three-year Korean War is often overlooked, and the details of the war are lost eas… ...

The DMZ stretches 160 miles across the Korean peninsula and is roughly in the same location as the 38th parallel. It marks the border between the two nations to this day.

The visit of South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung to Washington on Wednesday occurs at an opportune moment. For his country, the focal point of Asian crises for a century, may now prove pivotal in ...