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After World War II, Japanese occupation of Korea ends with Soviet troops occupying the north, and US troops the south.
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Syngman Rhee's administration of South Korea officially becomes the Republic of Korea.
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea proclaimed. Soviet troops withdraw.
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South Korea declares independence, south sustained by crucial US military, economic and political support.
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After a year of military provocations by both sides along the 38th Parallel, North Korea sends an invasion force into South Korea.
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The US and UN unanimously condemn North Korea. North Korea broke article 32 of the UN Charter.
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North Korean troops capture Seoul, South Korea´s capital.
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China enters to the conflict.
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The North Korean capital of Pyongyang is captured by the UN.
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The South Korean capital of Seoul changes hands for the last time as U.N. troops recapture the battered city.
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The U.N., North Korea and China sign an armistice agreement, continuing the division of Korea. South Korea refuses to sign.
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Military coup puts General Park Chung-hee in power.
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Constitution is changed to allow direct election of the president.
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Olympic games in Seoul. First free parliamentary elections.
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Large political step for both countries and for the UN as a whole because they had to stop all major military conflict before they could join.
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North Korea agrees to allow inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency .
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Roh succeeded by Kim Young Sam, a former opponent of the regime and the first civilian president.
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The famine after the flooding made an economic crash.
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Kim-Jong Il of North Korea came to a summit with Kim Dae-jung, the leader of South Korea, they both stop propoganda against the other country.
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North and South Korea have a naval gun batte in the yellow sea.
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North Korea admits to having a secret nuclear weapers program.
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North Korea withdraws from a major Treaty aimed at keeping the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Six-nation talks in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear programme fail to bridge gap between Washington and Pyongyang.
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Prime ministers from North and South Korea meet for the first time in 15 years.
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North Korea launches a rocket carrying what it says is a communications satellite; its neighbours accuse it of testing long-range missile technology.
