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DISCUTION
In November 1943, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek met at the Cairo Conference to discuss what should happen to Japan's colonies -
SOUTHERN KOREA
On September 7, 1945, General MacArthur announced that Lieutenant General John R. Hodge was to administer Korean affairs, and Hodge landed in Incheon with his troops the next day. -
KOREAN DIVISION
An agreement following the end of World War II divides Korea - formerly annexed by Axis power Japan - into U.S. and Soviet occupation zones along the 38th Parallel. The split keeps the country's original capital city, Seoul, in the south. -
DIVISION
The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II -
NOTHERN KOREA
In March 1946 land reform was instituted as the land from Japanese and collaborator land owners was divided and handed over to poor farmers. -
NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE' S ARMY
North Korean People's Army (NK) officially activated -
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Syngman Rhee Elected "In the Republic of Korea (ROK), the U.S-backed, 70-year-old Korean expatriate Syngman Rhee is elected chairman of the Korean Assembly, and later becomes president. -
NORTH KOREA
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Communist led North Korean officially becomes the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea -
CAPTURE
Capture of Seoul North Korea Captures Seoul, the South Korean capital. -
CONDEMNATION OF NORTH KOREA
The US and UN unanimously condemn North Korea. North Korea broke article 32 of the UN Charter. -
KOREAN WAR BEGINS
After a year of military provocations by both sides along the 38th Parallel, North Korea sends an invasion force into South Korea. Northern forces overwhelm the ill-equipped defenders and capture Seoul in three days. The United Nations condemns the attack and creates a "police" force to help defend South Korea. -
CAPTURE
Capture of Seoul North Korea Captures Seoul, the South Korean capital. -
NORTH KOREAN FORCES
They push so far south they get and take over Seoul which is the capital of South KoreaThis is a picture of The North Koreans when they had control of Seoul. -
POW #1
Exchange POWs #1 United Nations propose to exchange Prisoners of War. -
POW #2
01/03/1952 Exchange POWs #2 "POW Exchange Proposal rejected by Communists." -
TRUCE NEGOTIATIONS FROM SOVIET UNION
The Northern Forces startd to have to many Casualties an there forces started to fall thats when they started to make negotiations because they didn't want the UN force to totally take over Korea. The things that would have happene they woul have taken thousands of war prisoner causing many problems and riots until they come and take back over parts of that country like the Egypt in the last Year. -
KOREAN ARMISTICE
The U.N., North Korea and China sign an armistice agreement, continuing the division of Korea. South Korea refuses to sign. The agreement calls for 2.5-mile wide buffer zone across the middle of Korean Peninsula that closely follows the 38h Parallel. -
POW
POWs Exchange #3 Repatriation of POWs begins. -
North Korean Commandos Cross DMZ in an Attempt to Assassinate South Korean President Park Chung Hee
31 manned North Korean Commando Team from the 124th arm unit crossed the DMZ to conduct and raid on South Korea specifically on their Blue House, "The equivalent to our White House." Their plan was to assassinate the South Korean President. -
AXE MURDER INCIDENT
The Axe Murder Incident resulted in the death of two U.S. soldiers and injuries to another four U.S. soldiers and five South Korean soldiers in a neutral zone of the Joint Security Area. -
KOREAN AGENTS
Three North Korean agents attempting to infiltrate the eastern sector of the DMZ were intercepted, killing one of the agents. -
NAVEL BATTLE
The Navel Ships on the boarder they were going over the 38 parallel. There were four South Koreans dead and 19 wounded and 30 North Korean were left dead. -
ANOTHER SEPARATION
North Korea has announced that it will close the land border and cut non-military phone links with South Korea [BBC News]. Relations between North Korea and South Korea have been cooling down rapidly since the new government in South Korea and South Koreans are disconcerted by this sudden announcement -
SINKING WARSHIP
South Korean warship sinks under weird circumstances near the border of North and South Korea. -
BOMBARDER
After a Northern warning to cease planned military drills near the island of Yeonpyeong, the South commenced the drill. The North then bombarded the island with heavy artillery in response to the firings related to the South's readiness-exercise and the South returned fire with air force jets and howitzers. On Yeonpyeong, 4 were killed (including 2 civilians) and 15 injured. -
VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1jP9DoeKaU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91XRs2026A0&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBzNUsILa_0 TEAM:
Emilio Del Castillo
Melissa León
