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China launched two invasions of Korea, in 1592 and 1597, in order to do so. Although he ultimately failed, the wars inflicted terrible devastation on Korea. Because as its overlord the Ming dynasty in China sent a large army to aid Korea, the war also considerably weakened the Ming dynasty.
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China entered the War insisting that Chinese warnings had been ignored, the 38th parallel had been crossed, and large numbers of UN troops were advancing towards the Yalu river, the boundary between North Korean and Manchuria in China.
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World War II ends so Japan loses control over Korea.
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There’s been a clear division between North and South Korea ever since the surrendering of Japan August 15, 1945. It was the Allied victory that had ended Japan’s occupation of thirty-five in Korea.
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The North invaded the South then the US and UN beat them far back into North Korea then a million Chinese turned up and beat the US and UN back behind what is the border now and its stalemate.
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In 1950 the troops from south Korea crossed the boarder and ivaded North Korea.
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The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was a large-scale battle between United Nations and North Korean forces lasting from August 4 to September 18, 1950. It was one of the first major engagements of the Korean War.
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The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and South Korean forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Incheon was secured after being bombed by UN forces.
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The United Nations forces pushed north of the 38th parallel, all the way to the Yalu River and the border with China in fact, and Mao had made it clear that China could not tolerate foreign forces on it's border.
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President eisenhower visited Korea to see if he could find the hidden key to stop the war before it got to out of hand.
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A temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to stop aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be declared as part of a formal treaty, but they have also been called as part of an informal understanding between opposing forces.
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The fighting ended on 27 July 1953, when the "armistice" was signed. The agreement created the "Korean Demilitarized Zone" to separate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners.
