Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Korea was one country for a very long time. The Joseon dynasty, the last to rule the peninsula, governed until 1910. That year, Japan annexed Korea. Its rule, highly authoritarian, lasted nearly four decades. Generations of young Koreans grew up with a patriotism fed by the occupation: their goal was independence, never division.
In 1945, Japan was defeated. The atomic bombs dropped on its territory ended World War II and freed Korea. But freedom lasted only a few days. Almost at once, the United States and the Soviet Union split the country into two halves. How could a nation united for so long be cut in two?
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- 2A border drawn in one night on a map
- 31948: two Koreas, two blocs
- 4The Korean War and the demilitarized zone
- 5How a small country hardened the Cold War
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
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